There was no out of pocket or loss to the owner, so litigation ensued, eventually (one year later) the owner lost and had to refund the money we had in escrow.

You also have to ensure this is the same/right person too because he could have a similar name.If the work is good, his rates are well, and you haven't noticed any issues with him in the past I would ask him about it and then let the ensuing conversation guide my decision.

With a duplex or maybe a triplex you can just subdivide the bill based on people without doing this and hopefully things will be fine but the more units the better the chance of a pissing contest ensuing. 

On a house hack, if I leverage 19:1, then I can produce nearly 200% annual ROI in the first few years, and still harvest nearly all of the profit with heavy tax advantages if I play the game right throughout my life.There is virtually no way that keeping the money in my Roth IRA would have produced a higher ROI than my first house-hack, or even my ensuing other real estate investments following that.

However, think I'd just do wifi repeaters with regular password changes and save yourself a lot of wiring.On the satellite dishes, the sales guys install those without any permission or care for the building envelope, punch holes and then moisture invasion ensues. 

An argument ensued, with them demanding to either be reimbursed or get help moving the garden.

Do these "mentors" share in the losses that could ensue from their advice?

Cooking fried chicken on the stove, grease fire ensues and burns upper cabinets or range hood.5.

Thank you Amy for asking and thank you Mike for that answer, ensuing further research...Best to the both of you,Davetta (Dee)

HUGE argument ensued.