It ate into some of the profits we would've had, but we are happy with the overall results.

Nothing was pressure treated wherver termites could get in, they ate right up.

I ate a lot of Ramen noodles, but not a single contractor, lender, or supplier was left holding the bag.

Had I followed the DR plan to a tee, I wouldn't be anywhere close to where I am now with a massive potential for growth.

But if a dog ate the carpets then I would charge the security deposit. 

When I was underwriting that was always the first question I asked but I can't recall ever seeing a written underwriting requirement to ask.Unfortunately in the claim I described the Grantor claimed she didn't have any of the money left so as it frequently does, it became a matter risk reward, good money after bad type analysis and the company ate the loss. 

Year one we ate the credit card fee just because it was quite a big change.

We found some structural issues after demo AND I added a half bath not originally in scope so that quickly ate through the small contingency. 

I want to write books, have a podcast, give a ted talk and all sorts of stuff in my lifetime.

That's about $7,000 a year in LOSSES because she didn't know what she was doing and some bad tenants ate her lunch.Save for the bad times.