Beautiful home destroyed, they never got a job, got obese and depressed in 7 months, clogged septic and backed up the sewage into homev, a bunch of animals unexpected, they threatened to sue me and squat a few months into the summer.

tenat does not pay we evict.. the house was destroyed over 45k of damage..

Ceiling fans won't be directly touched by the tenant aside from turning the switch off and on, so it's really hard to be destroyed.

All of the electric, plumbing and chair mounts destroy the space.  

Rob, looks like you destroyed your competition in the $70k range!

By the end withoout going into a convoluted story the house was destroyed due to multiple unauthorized pets, subleasing and just general destruction due to a divorce.

I personally wouldn't destroy and create expenses...Frank

Having had my health totally destroyed by mold, my immune system severely compromised, and put out of work by mold, I sure wouldn't want that problem, or to risk passing it on to a rentor or a buyer.ofgift

If you purchased two other rental properties, and assuming you operate them efficiently and have some type of positive cash flow, what happens when those rental properties go vacant, or a bad tenant destroys your property, can you cover your mortgage plus two other properties' debt service?

@Vann Calhoune the downside is having your property destroyed and costing you thousands of dollars to fix.