that would also prevent anyone from stealing the a/c unit.

@Brian Mathews I never plan to get married, I find to be unnecessary and very risky.

If I serve a 3 day notice to quit or cure how do I prevent Cozy from accepting partial payments?

So it seems unnecessary to put $18k in escrow for the seller, what's he going to do with that money?

You ought to be able to prevent most of what you're worried about through screening and regular, open communication with tenants.

Have any of you experienced this and know of an effective way to prevent the additional waste?

The couple that we know, have had their basement flooded twice, cleaned it out but have not done anything to prevent it from happening again.  

You won't lose anyone as there is nowhere else to go and proceeds will be to run the Park properly.The only kicker is to confirm that there are no state regulations that would prevent such a raise.  

So does having the partial claim prevent me from getting that second FHA loan.  

The most beautiful thing about real estate isnt the fact that its pound for pound the best way to generate wealth, but a lot of the mistakes can be prevented simply by spending time on this message board alone.