You often see them in coastal areas where the houses are on stilts to prevent damage from king tides or storm damage from flooding.They were a way to do foundations pre-1900 in a lot of areas, especially here in the northwest.

You may not collect anything, but it will sit on his credit report and prevent him from getting a car loan, home loan, or scamming another landlord.

The best buyers agents provide insight to the market, negotiate to get a better deal, provides clarity to the transaction, steadies the nerves of buyers (first time home buyers for example), identifies problems with the property, introduces a whole cast of players to get the deal done etc.

I even had preventative maintenance set up, but the root growth rate was unpredictable.

It drives me crazy when I hear these stories preventive maintenance is what should be practiced and discussing all avenues of the deal and the borrowers docs in advance.   

Do you remove the roof from your houses because roofs do not prevent flooding?

Same fact pattern but its your tenant who slips and falls instead..... what prevents the tenant from naming the property owner as a defendant in the lawsuit?

For the inside paint we add a Mold preventer to the paint. 

Single night stays in a crowed city are a guarantee for a party.Not a fan of single nights because they invariably prevent quality (ie longer) bookings because they punch holes in your calendar.

. 🫠  but there has been some legislation passed that prevents them from going more than 50 year leases.