It will damage the firebox and the chimney as it burns hot and fast.  

From what I've seen (especially in markets like Phoenix and San Antonio), it's often a matter of alignment rather than luck.Make Your Property a No-Brainer: ALE primarily works with displaced families - think floods, fires, or other home damages.

Dress Barn & Radio Shack...what??

Multi-family properties typically draw transient tenants, singles or couples without children, who stay only 1–2 years and cause moderate to serious damages.

Quote from @Ana Mills: The high quotes for the electricians will be way cheaper than having your handyman do it and it causing damage, causing a fire, or even worse causing a fire later when someone is living there and that person/persons getting hurt because of the work being done by an unlicensed worker doing the work. 

Reaching out to other investors in the area to find someone trustworthy and switching things up before the damage became too costly.From what I’ve heard in Bloomberg, cities like Indianapolis, Omaha, and Austin are all great for rental investments.

I was born and raised there, so I am very familiar with flood and wind damage from hurricanes.

Despite the risk of losing their Section 8 status, tenants rarely pay their share.There is likely to be significant damage caused by Section 8 tenants.

@Denise Lang some copy & paste thoughts:TYPES OF RENTAL INVESTMENTSRecommend you first figure out the property Class you want to invest in, THEN figure out the corresponding location to invest in.Property Class will typically dictate the Class of tenant you get, which greatly IMPACTS rental income stability and property maintenance/damage by tenants.If you apply Class A assumptions to a Class B or C purchase, your expectations won’t be met and it may be a financial disaster.If you buy/renovate a property in Class D area to Class A standards, what quality of tenant will you get?

Some damage from WDI, which seller will have to address this before close.Seller is paying all closing costs, survey & title, they did a rate buy down to 5.49%, and a year warranty.