Not always preventable, but also good to prepare your tenants and take precautions.

If it checks the box of affordability and is a cool place to live and put down roots, that's where you should buy property. 

I'm not married to the list, I was more trying to prevent people saying small towns like Fayetteville, NC or Huntsville, AL.

Our investigations, supported by reports from certified structural engineers and multiple masonry and window technicians, have identified defective masonry work as the root cause.

There's nothing you can do to prevent this and honestly you are merely wasting money.

We would plan to keep our current home and rent it out as well if we did this.I appreciate your insight on the tenant-landlord relationship, makes sense to target a better quality neighborhood to hopefully prevent some of those issues.

Tenant agrees to pay all expenses associated with clearing all drains of any and all stoppages except those that the plumber, who is called to clear the stoppage, will attest to in writing were caused by defective plumbing, tree roots, or act of God.

Now, where should I plant my roots in Florida??

They don't respect you, prevent you from ever leaving and prevent you from controlling your own credit card.This was a total trap.

As a parent to do this for a child, it is only acceptable if the child has a documented disability which prevents them from being able to work/ earn income.if parent/borrower is in one state and the child is in another state, i don't think this is an issue.