Sherman Williams French mocha (custom color) and white enamel on all trim and doors.

Second but more importantly collecting on a judgement from a person with no assets is tantamount to pulling hens teeth.

We have gone through the exercise of underwriting seven properties - working on the 8th - in the past 14-months, it is just too much a waste of time to have to pull hens teeth to obtain the information necessary to fully analyze a property.    

Since you have the definition of private lender confused, any long term lender isn't going to be a private lender, unless they are idiots, to find those you'll need to ride a unicorn on your quest for hen's teeth. 

You can cut your teeth as a landlord, but it's on a small scale and more "forgiving".I moved to Cambridge because I had a girlfriend in Boston and hated commuting every weekend from southeast CT lol.

As a new real estate investor I'm not sure it's the best real estate transaction to cut your teeth on.

I've tried, I've called, I've had to sit on my hands watching someone destroy the property before it goes to sale but, historically, there was nothing I could do at least here in California.There is usually language in the security agreement where an owner agrees not to damage the property but, they also agreed to make payments so, so much for the teeth in that.

But what I will say is that trying to get two people who are standing in front of the same clock at the same time to agree on the time of day is like pulling hens teeth. 

My other option seems to be an enameled steel tub that will run me about $120.

And once the puppy starts teething, it will start chewing on things to stop the pain/itching, which can very likely be doors and trim