Don’t fall for the crocodile tears.

Like the politician that gets caught red-handed in bed with a campaign aide and is suddenly so repentant and crying crocodile tears over the damage done to his family. 

The carpets were sopping wet and a slimy brown fungus was growing on the floor - about a foot long and looked (I imagine) like an enormous crocodile poop. 

It's like pulling teeth from a crocodile. 

@Ray HaywardOf my list of recommended things to do this is between jumping out of a plane without a parachute and trying to brush a crocodiles teeth.

Being a slum lord isn't my gig and so I'm willing to accept a lower cash flow (say 6-7%) if it's actual cash flow after reserving for capex and other emergencies.Accepting low cash flow now while you'd be paying off a seller second makes sense by the numbers but in my crocodile brain I'd feel better with a bit of a cushion.

Have you ever heard, "An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile hoping it will eat them last." by Winston Churchill?

Some specific experiences:One particular property is a Cash Crocodile for this year. 

Every time I hear people talk about how nice, kind, peaceful and "misunderstood" a Pitbull is, it just reminds me of Steve Irwin talking about how nice, kind, loving and misunderstood Crocodiles are...... 

Renting out a place to multiple people is like juggling bowling pins while walking a tightrope over a pit of crocodiles while blindfolded in the wind.What would you do?