The stock market is a real craps table so why not get out and ask people if they want to make 7-8% on their money tied to real estate.

What have you all found as the best strategy to ensure the yard does not go to crap?

And I doubt my next biggest bill -- the city via property tax -- is going to give two craps about my struggles.If my bank and the city said "Hey, don't strees.  

Get a different plumber, fix the problem and when their lease is up, do not renew it.Hey Theresa, in an unrelated matter, the tenants are *crap* for paying rent and utilities on time, so my attorney advised to consider that route to evict.

This was summer in central CA so I don't know why on earth she would offer such a thing, It was 100 degrees outside, but that was HER idea so I said they could stay as long as the birds never, ever, EVER go back inside my house.To their credit, they left the place spotless, but now Lucas has revived the latent horror of wondering how much those birds peed and crapped on my furniture.  

No one will sell you crap! 

@Jay HinrichsHoly crap.

The cap rates are crap.

Had crap income and little money for down payment.

Had crap income and little money for down payment.