I guess the question is what are they lying about (employment, evictions or putting a dent in the wall).

Typically I have my painter come in a "touch up walls" like 300 bucks max.

Replaced carpet, textured walls and painted.

Do you have to bust a hole in the wall or dig holes everywhere - how much does that cost?  

If you build (via managing a general contractor), you should (ideally) know more about how the property was built than if you bought an existing home--you know what's behind the walls, and ideally you might avoid anything wrong with buying an existing home with issues you and your inspector didn't catch.I understand there's risk to building--it just seems right now that the risk is lower than buying an existing house--a house where you simply cannot know every detail without tearing it down to the studs and doing a complete remodel.

Spackle and paint numerous times, fill holes in the wall, have had to wake up early to move my car due to the parking situation, etc. - Have had to sit down all five tenants and reset expectations in terms of cleaning (including the 68 year old co-worker).3.

I can't do central AC with no furnace, and wall mounted mini splits will look terrible.

Of course have no clue to his background in RE but it seemed to me on the surface this was a new venture for him and it certainly looks like he got over his ski tips.

I am starting my real estate investing journey and have been hitting a wall with the type of entity that I should establish to start my business, such as an LLC.

Mirror , mirror on the wall .......