Regulators are really toughening up on the LTV ratios now that bank lend on.

I am grateful for the personal recession; I think it toughened me up and made me more grateful in general.

This will no doubt continue, despite new regulations, but cities will likely toughen up their enforcement when given new powers.I owned vacation rentals back in the day when Scottsdale required a 30-day minimum stay and they cash flowed well.

If you have the ability to toughen yourself or to pay for tough property management, there are plenty of people who do well with bad locations.

Hi Chelsa,If you're going to be in this business, you're going to have to toughen up a little.Especially if your rental is in your backyard.Advertise it and pick your best applicant.Sitting vacant means losing money (taxes, insurance, mortgage,etc...).Good Luck!

I think I just need to toughen up.

However, like I tell my son all the time " You better be tough if you are going to be stupid"  looks like your guy has been pretty toughened up as of late!

The experience of working there toughened me to the harsh realities of the business world.I like to think of myself as compassionate and able to work with people to get problems resolved while they are still small problems, but sometimes you have to do what you have to do when something doesn't work out for some reason.

If you’re gonna do this LL thing you need to toughen up and rethink your business.One thing you can do is go to court and research the person and see if they were involved in any lawsuits with this subject matter.

But it opens the door for landlords to increase rents and toughen requirements (we are now required to tell each applicant our "minimum" rental requirements) which of course means that property prices are going to be on the rise.