This can be you source of leads for off market properties, owner financed deals or possibly as a “bird dog” for other wholesalers.

@Peter Prawel someone made a post here once talking about how his hard money lender kept backing out of his deals only to find out later tjat the lender bought three of them himself and kept it secret while still getting him to bird-dog more deals

Your in A thin margin where if your taxes go way up because it’s worth more ,it could wipe out any and all profit turning your investment into a dog that costs you money .

New Tenant signed the lease stating she has only 1 small dog, now she has brought home 5 cats to the Shared House she rents. 

., bird dog, data entry, etc.] to learn the ropes and build relationships. 

Dog food mixed with dry sacrete.

I've fixed pretty much everything unless it was over my skill set (replacing capacitor on A/C system, for instance; landlord told me when I moved in it was okay to repaint or whatever as long as it improved the house), my neighbors love me - they've told him so; I've resodded the yard twice (FL grass sucks with a dog), had the landscape crew redo the trees in front so they look good, replanted flower beds (perennials), power washed the house every year after wet season ended, ensured the pest control worked...The BUT part ...As a sole practioning consultant (pre-IPO weakness remediation, large financial systems implementations, global audit recommendations for SEC registrants, etc.) at times during the last 3 years things have been sink or sink lower credit wise and the ID theft didn't help (apparently, I bought a car in GA and own some property in TX).

He had a dog (illegally as it was not allowed in the lease) and the dog made a big messed. the biohazard cleanup cost $2000.

Trash all over and smells of dog poop, just really gross.

@Brandice Weaver This is essentially "bird dogging" and if you google that term, you'll find a lot of info.