BP needs to coin a phrase for the opposite of irrational exuberance, where people think real estate is forever bound to fail because an artificial bubble popped a decade ago

So, if a repair happened to arise where it was making the home unsafe or inhabitable - that responsibility, in most states as far as I know, cannot be shifted to you legally and you can make any repair fit that mold depending on how you phrase it "Hey Landlord, the oven is making a strange smell, I don't feel safe" (In most states, probably Landlord's responsibility) vs.

I cringe every time I hear a phrase from a LL like "kick them out".  

I suspect nothing is wrong here other than you think you got snookered out of a deal.Lastly the most important part of real estate is the Phrase NEXT  we have all lost deals.. it happens.

Whenever I hear the phrase "systemic changes", I listen very carefully. 

Every ad I see uses key words and phrases to draw attention and many of them use "great cash flow" In fact I have seen several ads from companies and individulas advertising their property with rents below a 1% purchase price ratio and state "great cash flow".Secondly, you only assume my numbers indicate negative cash flow.

The phrase, Real Estate is local goes beyond that today to being micro-local.

I like that your last name is Seed and you keeping using the phrase “seed capital Account Closed - had a similar convo with one of my partners last week.

(Funny thing is I told that to a banker one day when I was walking him through my property management company and he said most home owners are in the same situation.)I will phrase this another way: I am satisfied when an issue in one of my rentals costs me only a reasonable amount of money and none of my time.My company does  such a good job they leave me free to do what I have a passion for which is helping other people improve their lives financially.Chris

(Watch people take THAT last phrase out of context and use it against me!