Greetings everyone,I am, what some books I have read call, an unintentional landlord.

I agree on all your points.Being new to real estate can also be like giving 5 year old matches or razor blades to play with; you can cause unintentional consequences if you don't know what you're doing. 

@Nikolas Ferreira sorry I left you off that last reply, it was unintentional.

It actually happened unintentionally.

I had one rental house for 3 years, but it was entirely unintentional.

You are going to see investors with all types of returns to ridiculously high ones to negative returns and some people that BS with their numbers (intentionally or unintentionally).

Before I give my 2 cents however, I need a soapbox moment :) I think there is an innate tendency (myself included at times), to "bash" ideas and thoughts that we don't agree with, perhaps unintentionally, but nonetheless haphazardly and often in an exaggerated manner in an attempt to demonstrate our greater knowledge.

Look up "Tort Law" intentionally causing a financial loss to another (ha, intentional or unintentional, doesn't matter!).

The penalties can be hefty, to include:If the misclassification was unintentional, the employer faces at least the following penalties based on the fact that all payments to misclassified independent contractors have been reclassified as wages: $50 for each Form W-2 that the employer failed to file because of classifying workers as an independent contractor.Since the employer failed to withhold income taxes, it faces penalties of 1.5% of the wages, plus 40% of the FICA taxes (social security and Medicare) that were not withheld from the employee and 100% of the matching FICA taxes the employer should have paid.

Burning your bridges behind you, even unintentionally, may not serve you well.