Just wanted to get some opinions on picking up the hammer and helping out.

I started with $25k... that's enough to swing hammers and remodel (mostly cosmetic, maybe a roof) a single family.

I think looking long term is a good strategy and David Greene has been hammering this recently on the podcasts.

And maybe some passive aggressiveness.But you have the ultimate hammer...you own the place.

You also can't pay yourself (from the loan amount) for work that you yourself do, but at the same time it's not like I or the underwriter are going to be there watching who is swinging the hammer and I'm going to guess that more than one contractor has taken advantage of that fact.I don't really do the in-person networking thing because by the time I'm leaving the office at 7 pm, I kind of want to be done with RE stuff and hanging out with my wife. :)

I ban the following knives hammers tire ironsbaseball batssharp pencils scissors swordsIn other words I either have an empty house or I rent it to someone who passes screening .

They are going to try and scurry off without paying rent so put the hammer down at your earliest legal opportunity.

If the pettiness and complaining about noise continues, I'd buy the repairmen bigger hammers and tell them to start at 6!

Unless they were opening the locks with a hammer I'm not sure how you will claim that to be their fault.

No, but while it may correct some matter, it also kills a thread, people stop commenting after someone gets hammered.