Carpet gets dyed red and out of fear of paying any fees they refuse to notify you and the stain sets in ruining the carpet .

Again, personally, if i was self managing I would want it to be local to me, that way I can swing by that day when I run an errand or on the way home from work, or if there's a crisis I'm 30 minutes away and it doesn't ruin a whole Saturday.

Or, would the previous PM contact my new PM and attempt to ruin the relationship?  

If the market drops or they ruin the house then it won’t appraise when they go to buy.

So most newbies quickly turn to trying to flip houses off the MLS and not only don't they make any money but they ruin their reputation with every investor in town before they even get started.

Ruined a vaccume and a shop vac, but definitely worth it.

Somebody handy could do that for under two hundred bucks and you can have peace of mind your property isn’t being ruined .

Does failure destroy your reputation and your credit" - Depends on the level of failure, if you get foreclosed on or have to declare bankruptcy then it is going to ruin your credit.

It will continue to build until it ruins them.

How do we go about making sure the job that we paid for gets completed, and what they ruined gets fixed to our standards?