For example, let's say your roof is destroyed because a tree falls on it. 

Hard to tell based on the distant picture but it looks pretty good to me "as is"Your mindset for a rental vs a flip or personal residence has to be different...... you want it decent, visually presentable and durable....but not so nice that you are wasting $$ or are going to be pissed when the tenant damages or destroys it...because they will.....not IF, but how bad.......I would not paint those cabinets....re-stain at best.

She had her take my children and my name off of rent-controlled lease and my mother destroyed my documents and some of my works, I wrote short stories, and threw out my clothes and shoes.

With $100k income and solid budget and some determination, I'm sure you can destroy those $6k pretty fast.2.

@Caleb Teachout both stocks and real estate can generate massive wealth or totally destroy you.

The extermination of rats, mice, roaches, ants, wood-destroying organisms, and bedbugs.

For colleges to be bankrupt, you need multiple layers of destruction to the market -- employers not needing degrees for professional jobs (not going to happen), government not backing loans (not going to happen), banks not covering the loans that the government won't back (not going to happen), alternative options viable both to students and employers (may happen, but not a seismic shift over a short period of time) -- what you've described doesn't have the likely disruption needed to destroy that engine.I agree you need to be disciplined to work from home.

Actual facts prove BSL is founded in fear without fact based evidence. https://www.avma.org/KB/Resources/LiteratureReviews/Pages/The-Role-of-Breed-in-Dog-Bite-Risk-and-Prevention.aspx“Pit bulls will destroy your house” Animals in general will destroy your house more than having no animals.

Tenants are seen as uncaring of the property, the source of all behavior woes and generally horrible people.We had a vandalism problem and everybody coming to the board meetings, including other board members, would make comments that "it's probably some renter" and "I hate that these people just come in and destroy our properties and then leave a year later and nobody cares, especially not the landlord".Then, a couple of months later when the perpetrator was caught and discovered to be a homeowner, nobody apologized for their attitude, nobody had a change of heart and nobody was willing to stand up and state that they were wrong to accuse the landlords and their tenants.Landlords are generally seen as greedy, money-grubbing jerks who just allow any old rando to ruin the lives of all the innocent owner occupants.I'm exaggerating a little bit here, but not that much.The concept that you would come in as not only a landlord but (gasp!)

You not only want you other tenants to be safe but you want your house to not be destroyed and your turnover rates to be 0 or as low as possible.9.)