In nicer areas like the one you posted target a buy of a hair under or around 40k and you’ll be fine.

It's still a cash-out refi, so your rate will be a hair higher than if you did it at purchase, but it should otherwise be easy.

If there are assets on the books with hair on it like those mentioned, bulk selling those assets becomes attractive to an asset manager.

Most of the houses in my neighborhood are out of my price range, but one just came available at the top of my price range (actually probably a hair above, but hey).

You a restaurant saying how dare a customer expect there food WITHOUT hair in it, a mechanic saying how dare the customer expect the auto to be fixed when it leaves, a pilot saying how dare the passengers expect you to "fly sober"....  

I think that these scumbag squatters should be dragged out of the house by their hair; flogged; and then thrown in jail!

My rent on the second unit is stabilized and just a hair above market rate, but justifiable.

James, Are you stuck in Lodi again or just headed back to San Francisco with flowers in your hair?

So my suggestion is build as much funds as you can other wise you will be pulling your hair out trying to get deals started. best of luck

a family member of mine has an Airbnb property. they had their house cleaner come in after their last guest had left. a few days later, before the next guest came in the cleaner returned to the house because he thought he had left something behind. when he went inside he found that someone had been staying there. the bed had been used, there was beer in the fridge, dog hair on the couch. this got me thinking about how easy it is for someone to log on to Airbnb and look at a particular property to see if there is availability that day, then you could just walk up to the house, knowing it is vacant and try all the windows and doors to see if the last guest left anything unlocked. this seems like a pretty clever idea for a vagrant looking for a place to crash. has anybody ever had this happen to them?