I've been in the property (With a GC) and 99% of everything in the house was destroyed by the fire.

There's two primary concepts to holding rentals:hold for 6-8 years and get out so that the Reclaimed Depreciation doesn't destroy your profitshold long term to maximize the ROI year over year over year

Coincidentally, I was trying to get out of the high rent we were paying and Irma decided to put a large tree in the house destroying the kitchen and dining room (we weren't home).

Obviously it doesn’t take a long time for a dog to destroy an apartment, she only had the pet for a brief period.

If he was going to destroy it-- it would have been done early.. from my experience, bad tenants do the damage within a few months.   

Small leak destroys the cabinets and you now have a $500 bill.

Worcester rentals have destroyed a lot of outsiders. 

The issue was the underlying zoning had changed to commercial over the years and the concern was that the property couldn't be rebuilt if destroyed....I only use that as an example to say that asking what the issue is the best way to get your answer.

Not to mention of the tenants beat up the current mobile homes that bad, then they will destroy these new homes from the cash program long before they are paid off which is a bad investment any way you slice the pie. 

I did not know that the heater ductwork was not connected or that a main beam like 10 x 10 that held up the entire house since 1900, including a second story was old termite (none active) destroyed for 4 feet and no longer held up anything.