I’m now looking towards scaling up. 

On a scale of 1-10 this tenant problem is barely a 6.

Thankfully we don't usually see it at any scale, most often it seems to have been "a" person acting off assumption vs facts and get's "corrected" after not much time. 

Improve the grade if water flows toward or pools near the house.

As you said, they can’t make him sign the release.someday they’ll fix this issue but until then you need a lawyer, or a new lender, or the seller needs a buyer.Consider this a 2 on a scale of 1-10 for real estate problems.

The few lucky were able to scale quickly, meaning 7 to 10 years. 

I suppose here is a good time to ask you all, the “more expert than me-s” in the thread: on a scale of “5% return standard deviation bond market” to “15% return standard deviation stock market”, where would you put the unleveraged, post expense rental income of a well managed (aye, there’s the rub) SFH portfolio?

In other words, you’ll be able to scale your rental portfolio much more rapidly using income snowball which would not be possible if you were “saving” for each downpayment.

@Jason MalabuteWe recorded a podcast with Ivan about six months ago, and although he may have used bridge financing in a couple deals, the way he's scaled his company and the fact that he is vertically integrated gives me the feeling that thesis going to be in this business for the long term, and focuses heavily on operations.Here's a link to his show --> https://jakeandgino.com/real-estate-wisdom-lessons-from-ivan...Gino

Now, I’m diving into the niche of land investing.When I was pursuing the BRRRR strategy, one of the aspects that made scaling seem feasible was the availability of hard or private money lenders.