If you started out buying a property that started to have negative cash flow (which is just like you adding chips to the kitty knowing that you had a poor chance of winning but you couldn't just let those original chips you put in go).

Make sure you can feed the kitty.

A leak like that I'd tell him to clean it & do as, Michaela Graham said to do with the cookie sheet & kitty litter.

Now, I have raised pretty big kitty(especially for my market) but the some of these folks are wanting more of a equity partnership vs a set 10-12 return.

No kitties.

If you Google this, there's a lot of suggestions:1) Super clean by Castrol2) Let kitty litter sit on the stain as long as you can then after you wipe up try some ultra dish detergent to let sit for a few days3) WD-404) Oven cleaner

.$12,500 is just not a very big kitty to start real estate investing.

I'm curious how much the HOA has in the kitty set aside for the siding but other than that I should easily cover expenses and I'll set the rest aside for future assessments.

But I'd still consider the kitty a prime suspect and the fact that you were unaffected by cats in years past isn't highly relevant.

He didn't like that my money guy blacked out his account number on a bank statement that said he had over $600,000 in the kitty.