How many lives are being destroyed by the perception that 'its easy' or 'all it takes is hard work' or 'house prices are low and interest rates are low, you can't go wrong' or 'real estate is way better than the stock market' ?

Many landlords don't do this and find out that when a tenant goes to move out at the end of their lease, their apartment is destroyed.

Grapevines destroyed, roses dead, broken glass in the windows, a wall knocked out of a metal shed.There was no sign of life, the extra family living in a travel trailer is gone, and there was a large flatbed trailer in the drive filled with ruined carpet, broken furniture, and garbage.

The buyer closed and there was a clause about if the building was destroyed or damages because of weather the owner was responsible for moving this giant business to another location and rebuilding the current building until ready for occupancy again.

I agree Ed.But the alternative could be I keep the lease as is.He doesn't move out, and they get into arguments and destroy the house.Atleast with him gone and happy, Its only her and the kids.But in the future buyout clause will be added, so I don't have to deal with this, and just will point to the section of the lease if they want.

Meth is a bad compound and a esquire/judge/jury would destroy a greedy R/E investor for not getting it tested if disclosed before selling or especially knowingly renting it that might expose the poor tenant to long term exposure....

Here's what I'm seeing from the other end (three recent examples I was interested in purchasing):1) foreclosure being destroyed from the ground up by termites: bank sits around waiting for unrealistic price while damage grows.2) foreclosure being destroyed from roof down from multiple leaks: bank sits around waiting for unrealistic price while damage grows.3) foreclosure on bad side of town getting destroyed by all of the above plus vandals: bank sat around too long and now the property is scheduled for demo on the bank's dime.Hellooooo..........

Bill Clinton proposed a $30 billion stimulus and people said this was a crazy number, how could it even be considered, this will destroy our currency.

Would you go without homeowner's insurance if there was a 50% chance of it being destroyed in your lifetime?

Some tenants have more damage and some destroy in purpose, because you're the bad one for evicting them.