looks like the toilet got flushed too, i.e. account-closed-turd

Time is money and flushes cost 10 cents.

If the first deal is a bad deal, it is the same as flush it to the $30k guru toilet already.

Basically it can be the difference between someone selling a car and saying like new when all they did was a cheap paint job and put gloss on the tires versus replacing all the hoses, flushing the system, new transmission and engine.

I realize it was money flushed down the toilet.

Before you close on A deal out of your state make sure you have A good Property Manager that is knowledgeable in the local market and responds quickly as if as you would of been there, you don't want to drive A few hours for A non flushing toilet, or to see an inspector etc.Also I would recommend multi family vs Sfr when investing far from home, you just have less roofs, heaters... but everything bowls down to a good property manager locally.

They got “smart” and charge you a constant fee whether you ever flush or not. 

Also if you were to take this route they will still go to the bathroom somewhere, it just won't flush away and they will be much more likely to trash the house worse than they already have.

Stick with cash investments and/or only invest in companies (stocks) that are flush with cash. 

Life savings flushed in the toilet, families torn apart over finances, embarrassment, losing all trust, etc...