The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat."

It's good to have some self-defense classes, but it's naive to think that you can really defeat anyone.GTF out of there.

You can use the Roth IRA to purchase, in a self directed IRA (SDIRA), but investing in a tax deferred investment (RE) with tax deferred funds (IRA) defeats the purpose of the tax deferred advantages.

I would not say it defeats the purpose of the tax advantaged account having to pay taxes, as the leverage could create returns well in excess of such taxes.

What you propose defeats the purpose of buying a rental.1)  You buy rentals for cash flow.  

When I first moved in the thing never turned on, so I set it really low, but with the heat we've had it runs all day and night, which defeats the purpose I think (air is too hot so it just runs).I thought my fan had 2 dials on it, one for temperature and maybe the other was humidity.Regarding the fire issue, if there is a fire in my attic I'm not going to notice until it gets lower in the house, and by then there is ridiculous damage to the house anyway.

A refreezeable ice pack will defeat your expensive thermostat and the tenants know it.

I don't have the dream of working my real estate as a replacement j.o.b. because that would defeat the purpose.

But doesn't that generally defeat the purpose of investing?  

Instead, even though it may seem like a defeat in the moment, offer the girls money to make them go away.