They can be easily jimmied, a window can be cut or broken, you leave the windows open for ventilation, your kid forgets to activate the lock on the way out the door, you change locks but forget to change the garage door code that's programmed to the previous renter's car, etc. 

You can get an inspection that says the house has nothing broken now, but..., here is a short list of things that will get you trouble:1 - No insulation. 

* in closing, just realize that NO ONE (successful or not) can predict crashes or market booms and even when the broken watch is correct now what?

Hey Meghan,I'm curious what the address is, I've done an ADU build here in Missoula, and I've just broken ground on a couple of backyard townhouses.

I have put 0 into paid marketing for this particular business site you have broken down.

If you do have to board up a property, free hand a mural to lessen the effects of the broken window theory. 5.

So yes if you manage yourself they can make a bit more but you are also laying for utilities, furnishings and any time a sofa is broken or a TV is stolen you have to replace it and is a sunk cost. 

Sure it could be right a few times, but so is a broken clock!

Asian buyers would literally knock on doors and make cash offers in semi broken English..

It's usually broken/old furniture, a 1992 TV set that weighs 78 pounds, rotten food, dirty dishes, and kid toys.