He & the family were fine, but he sure was bright eyed when he saw the house go up in flames and the TV crews arrived.I've renovated heavy smoker houses with tar & nicotine oozing down the walls.

I'll never get all that money back, but at least now I know I'll never pay a realtor again (other than buyer's agent).The realtor trolls scare people into thinking it's all so complicated, and you're vulnerable in a fsbo situation. 

The tenant can push buttons all day and it will do nothing if you choose to disable the keypad....Great post, but one point to clarify.All thermostats are sensing ambient temperature in some way, so all are vulnerable to tenant tactics that manipulate the ambient temperature in the vicinity of the thermostat; some of those tactics appear in my previous post on this thread.So the word "only" in the quoted post assumes that there is no such tampering going on.

I would rather liquidate rentals and make them vacation rentals before I would have to watch my property go up in flames in front of me.

So for the cash flow game its about numbers and Mass. when Chris posted his clients totals you probably notice huge number only own 1 or 2.. those are the investors that are vulnerable to as Chris says being very happy .. or not so happy IE that one property has issues etc.

Even if I put the property under an LLC that asset remains vulnerable. 

Your CPA probably has a deeper appreciation of your finances & vulnerability than anyone here & in some respects maybe you as well. good luck

I do vulnerability analysis and threat assessment in the military for years.Not only that I would conduct aggressor penetrations testing of facility structures and layouts.  

Jason and the others have gone down in flames on every argument that's been raised.

Investors who own single-family residential investments in these markets are encouraged to diversify their investments into nonresidential properties, or residential properties in markets that are not so vulnerable to large losses.