I haven't had many issues with students destroying my properties - and while it would be a little pain to deal with you can always go after their parents if they were co-signors.  

In other words, mess up and you can lose any state or federal license or certifications which can destroy your profession. 

For reference, Bernie Sanders tax plan proposed raising capital gains tax rates to an effective 64.2%, which would be roughly 50% higher than any other country on earth and would absolutely destroy the American economy. 

All it takes is one "Professional Tenant," to destroy everything. 

Borrower shall not commit waste or destroy, damage or substantially change the Property or allow the Property to deteriorate, reasonable wear and tear excepted.

I am hoping to get into the home and check it all out before starting the eviction process so that nothing gets destroyed.

My friends and family caution me that what I'm about to do will ruin my life but I don't want fear of the unknown destroy a potential future avenue ahead for me.

It's called the Albany Land Bank and has a catalog of homes that they took possession of mostly because they had become so distressed they were destroying the neighborhoods.

The seller was renting it out previously and the renters completely destroyed the home.

I'm talking stealing appliances, destroying everything in sight, the works.