I also bolt appliances down and add crap loads of security and flood lighting along with a security company that is on standby to call the police who are there in a matter of minutes.

Cat piss , dog crap , dead things , trash .

I do remember the feeling of like "oh crap, where'd my money go?!"

If that does not work while the eviction is in process make it uncomfortable for the tenant: noise, temperature...I have to say that bad tenants annoy the crap out of me.

Kind of unnerves me to see that people suggest that when you are having issues with after rehab repairs destroying your profit, that you just keep working with the same company to do the acquisition and rehab, but just flip the houses......dont keep them long term.... let the next guy deal with the crap workExactly why I will NEVER buy a flip house

I HATE all these "open enrollment health insurance calls", and I HATE these "Your Google Listing is Crap" calls, don't you?

He was 100% right though.You can try to cashflow a property in NOVA with a minimal downpayment on one hand and crap in the other and see what fills up faster. 

Plus the amount you are approved for may not be enough its a crap shoot.

Plus a crap ton of logs...

I 'pupil' I took to an appt of a tired landlord recently liked my phrasing of this: "You've owned, managed and maintained this piece of crap for 32 years.