So now my question is....when he fails to follow through on anything anything at all...what happens to the masses he's excited to a frenzy literally foaming at the mouth ready to draw blood.

You would think these regulations were written by Bernie Sanders.Landlords seem to be viewed as exceedingly rich, evil money-grubbing bigwigs who make their living from the blood, sweat and tears of honest working families.Regarding security deposits, if you fail to pay collected interest or even notify the tenant when you change banks where the escrow account is held, the tenant can take you to court and win.  

My thought is while that sounds great on paper, if we end up not finishing on budget and the contractor now has 20k of our budget (hypothetical number) in his pocket, and we end up bankrupting and closing the door on this venture, there would likely be bad blood about him having profited well while our business folds up.I see a strategy where his expertise is leveraged to oversee that bids are in the right ball park and work is being done properly as well as compliance type issues (permits and such) are all in order.

Just not enough rental runners here doing it the hands-on fixer old-fashioned blood, sweat, tears, and toil way.

All my blood, sweat and tears torn down in about half an hour.

But can you get blood out of a turnip?  

I can't and don't want to workout at nights, the feeling of getting that blood pumping in the AM is really amazing.I also recommend going outside within an hour of waking, sooner if you can.

They both sound great, but what are you more excited to put your blood, sweat and tears into?

If done prudently, higher leverage does result in higher returns, and lower leverage results in lower blood pressure.

Chances are, getting it back is going to be a lot like squeezing blood out of a rock.