It pains me to say this since I have been an appraiser for a long time. 

if you're willing to put up with the pain and inconvenience - moving every 1-3 years, living in the smaller / worse units, DIYing things - you could have a portfolio of 5-20 units in 10 years, just by using your house payment.maybe the house you have would be an OK rental. 

The total cost of the job with materials was $2700.This was a sigh of relief at the moment.The tenants on the first floor were vacating the property and have already put in the notice months before.

(after several more painful back and forths about her not having one, I tell her where there is a plunger she says I don't know how to use one........ my landlord used to come over at my last rental..... so basically you are telling me your last landlord helped you use a plunger and you still don't know how...   

Unless you apply for, and we grant relief, your business contracts remain: Voidable and Unenforceable."

@Jon LaBorde Debt relief is the #1 benefit for the seller in a sub2 deal.

I feel your pain :( 

The bad experiences are painful but pretty much all real estate investors that make it over the long haul go through them all so good to knock them out early!

It's painful to say, but move on and lesson learned. 

I definitely feel your pain.