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I've seen many situations where people are made JC's without even closing a property only because they're good at talking to people and facilitating conversation. 4) Need to be trustworthy. 

We fee like a conservative approach will let us go through the growing pains of better understanding real estate investing without the worry of being over leveraged to add to the stress while we are both still employed full time in our careers and do not plan on quitting our jobs to go fully into real estate. 

I drove to the house, explained the situation to the tenants, and emphasized that we needed to locate the leak.When the utility worker arrived, he wasn’t in the best mood.

This is an ongoing situation and I’m hopeful that with RTR’s help, this story has a positive ending.TLDR:Property not performing as advertised.

When my places with section 8 tenants are inspected yearly the inspectors just want to be sure that the paint isn’t flaking and thereby causing a situation that a small child may ingest the paint chips.

This is a very typical situation. 

Can I just birddog the situation, step out the way, bring the buy and asking for a referral?

We not only lost our hard-earned money but on top of everything, our health suffered, I had several sleepless nights due to the stress and anxiety that this horrible experience created for my wife and me.After the buy-back was completed, I approached Maverick to at least help us with our losses by requesting us to give back ~$6000.

Quote from @Jack Krusinski: When my rental properties are in a situation like this, I make an effort to create a structured and aggressive payment plan to help tenants catch up.