Any number of things could happen completely beyond my control to predict and I could be out thousands of dollars in just a few short minutes.I got out of that train wreck.

You'll still have the ocassional psycho tenant that wrecks the place or the professional tenant that strings out an eviction for six months.

When you get sued by the county and they're issuing $1000 a day fines because they're tired of the mess you made, your leaking underground storage tank, or your illegal wrecking yard, you tend to get motivated pretty quickly.

They can still wreck your property.

I bought a little pier and beam frame house back in April that was a real wreck!

Try to bend and conform to the whims of the small minded, only to be left drained and frustrated.Then I got old and callous and realized that attitude would start bleeding into all aspects of my relationships if I didn't take hold and control of the 3% PITA people that were wrecking my LL experience.I just said this yesterday.

Good agents do that.Also remember Sellers perceptions are not reality many times.. sellers think things are great with their house when its a train wreck and vis a versa.. buyers especially with all the internet guru stuff are out there in droves trying to wholesale with no money.. a good agent can flesh that out and kick them to the curb like they should.

This is an example of what I am seeing with the national search for properties that have numbers that work, but, may be total wrecks like this 2/1 house.

Fees and unexpected special assessments can wreck your projected cash flow.

Here are the facts:She's at $130k and we need it around $105kHouse is a wreck inside, cat pee, dishes, clothes, junk, dirt, debris everywhere.