I’d spend the money to drag him to court just to watch that train wreck unfold.

I had a similar problem with a tenant who was amazing at first (6 figure job and super nice guy) totally wreck my place but it was a small studio but I still had to spend 15k out of pocket to make it nice again. 

How many wrecks have you had with your cars on Turo??

I was generating some decent passive income as a Turo host, until the last guest totally wrecked the clutch and flywheel.

I too was generating some decent passive income as a Turo host, until the last guest totally wrecked the clutch and flywheel.

I would be buying the cheapest, but not totally wrecked property in a safe neighborhood (specifically no shootings and low crime).My target tenant is likely someone who has some financial hardship but still maintains traditional Midwestern values and work ethic.

how do you handle thatI have seen this scheme many times and many times its  a train wreck because the end buyer defaults along the way and the middle seller ( which would be you just walks away because they have gotten their money)  leaving the original seller in a bind

They left it a wreck not to mention they broke their lease about 6 months early. 

This is in regards to tenants who deliberately trash, wreck, damage, etc your property before they leave (whether it’s because of eviction, unable to pay rent, etc…).

Some housing authorities are very well run and relatively easy (for a government agency) to work with - and others are a train wreck for which simply getting someone on the phone is impossible and you can hardly get an email response.