One tenant has an injured knee and is due to have surgery In July.

Bait and put exterior traps outside,  the black plastic ones bait goes inside.Mice will crawl right up the side of a house, or drop onto house from tree limbs so make sure tree limbs are kept clear.

Child sustained broken leg and concussion from falling through rail spindles that were too far apart. 3 days in the hospital, surgery

In December, one of my tenants went into surgery and has not been able to pay rent for December or January.

Never cheap out on material: a cheap plastic shut-off valve did cost me over 10k in flood damage one time.

All this talk on here about using other people’s money and creative financing and clever tactics....and when I comes to it you’re scared of a plastic card ??

The one's at the box stores are inexpensive and easy to install and the new good looking heavy glass one's have to be professionally installed (pretty much) and are very pricey.You can just put up a clear plastic liner if you want the bathroom to look a little more finished for no money and the tenant can put a decorative one over it if they prefer.I guess the glass door are a little better at keeping most of the water off the floor but most people do alright with the shower curtains.

.), not allowing access to the property (these are often vacant land deals or sometimes vacant houses), wanting to close remotely/ use a mobile notary or their own title company that is also out of state, wanting only cash offers with few contingencies, no “for sale” sign at the property, willing to sell the property for less than fair market value for a quick sale (often there’s a story that they need money quickly for their husbands surgery or some other emergency), they often have a foreign accent, and only want to communicate over the phone or electronically (for some reason they always use an outlook email and many prefer to communicate through WhatsApp). 

plastic?

heres my story been on workers comp for the last year and a half due to spinal fusion surgery.