Another data point that will affect the job market is that 42% of employers are going to require a vaccination and this is going to cause a legal battle.

We had to fire a real estate agent because she was moving too slowly + lacked negotiation tenacity and it caused us to miss out on deals.Once under contract, you can also negotiate further depending on how inspections of the property come back and also appraisals.

And you do have a point, there's no telling how much damage the pet's caused, the tenant could get another pet, escrow accounts are a well-established way of doing business.

Be able to recognize what things have asbestos so you do not expose yourself to it or cause it to fray.

Is there enough in the deal to cause you to tolerate an eviction?

A recent tenant did that and the moving truck arrived a day late and it caused tremendous hassle. 

Come to find out it was a false wall, so we punched a hole through it and in the center of the room was a coffin with a certain symbol carved in the top of it, I will leave out the symbol for sake of causing arguments. 

They never complained, always paid their rent on time and never caused me any trouble.

More than 2 hard inquiries ding you, but they usually "disappear" after 2 years.Most likely the HELOC is the one causing the biggest drop - in the past HELOC was counted in the same categories with mortgages, but nowadays it's reported as credit and counted in your credit utilization rate together with your all other credit cards.

We have 59 units and (mostly untreated) mental illness and personality disorders have (likely) been the underlying causes behind the aberrant behaviors that have prompted every single non-renewal and eviction that we've had in the last 5 years (expect for the drug dealers- who we also non-renew but they are easier to work with).