I have been thinking about getting my license so that I could do my own research and possibly do an occasional listing. 

With that said I typically make it to the Brandon TBREIA, Lakeland Flip savage, PCREIA, and occasionally the exchange meeting, Larry's Monday night meeting, TBREIA main meeting, SERIA, and a few others. 

But I do run into the occasional forum post where (if memory serves) someone says they did.

I expect a broken door here or there, the occasional dent, maybe the occasional weird instance of someone causing damage by storing something weird.

“While we support new entrants to the sharing economy and the competition it brings, we must be aware and very cautious of the negative impacts and repercussions,” said David Drennon of the Phoenix-based Arizona Lodging & Tourism Association, which lobbies on behalf of trade groups including the Southern Arizona Lodging & Resort Association.Drennon said his organization has no quarrel with a homeowner who occasionally rents out a guest house or spare room for extra cash.

My opinion, this is a super unfortunate incident, but based on the description, the tenants didn't do anything unreasonable to cause the issue and it's not unreasonable that they didn't report a toilet handle occasionally getting stuck.

New tenants deserve access keys that are different from all the previous tenants.Enter LandlordLocks.com:A master key can swap cylinders in a couple minutes (when you first start using it they occasionally take a bit longer)They have entry locks and padlocks that can be keyed the same.A single Landlord key can open any of the locks associated with the landlord key sets.An common entry lock (such as for the laundry room) can be open by any tenants' key.Our Process:We reserve one Key for our use. 

I know a lot of contractors that occasionally build a spec home.

Does an occasional mopping really do damage?  

Occasionally I have more than all the the motel/hotels combined.