If you do, shut them off.

You cannot buy a property and just hire a GC  very few investors simply don't know this and learn the hard way when they get shut down and fined..

One of them may have been running for weeks and then the tenant shut it off right before your inspection.

Brokerage had to shut store-front, last over half of staff.

We immediately shut it down and stopped building and it hasn't seemed to have gotten better since.

Angel Fire has developed a decent infrastructure for living there - a few gas stations, a small grocery store, and a few restaurant offerings, a couple of churches, etc.

What seems to unique to the area (at least on a large scale) is electrical theft.You should also know about "Electrical Theft" in the Big D.Renters get electric shut off and pay someone to make an illegal hookup.Using fish hooks or other unsafe methods, WXYZ Reports: https://www.youtube.com/watch?

Many lenders haven't faced this situation so they are quick to shut it down.

That usually shuts up greedy tenants.These are tenants you do not want to keep especiallyy if they have money issues.

I have heard from multiple sources that legislators and real estate commissions are working on shutting it down or at least making it more difficult.