Sadly, human nature is to make the money and run.

Today the renter finally moved most of his stuff (he found a place last week), he won't have to worry about the mess he's leaving behind (unless he's taking some fleas/eggs with him, which might be very possible because he doesn't seem to be to careful) but he's leaving me a heck of a mess, of course he's losing the deposit, sad thing is that I allowed them to use part of the deposit as part of the last month payment, so I could help the renter find a place quickly, trying to help the guy is probably going to bite me in the a**.  

It's pretty sad when you attempt "so far your best sell line is"....and yet you make statements that clearly show no signs of research about the very group that you're questioning/challenging in the first place.  

It is, sadly, not so common in western PA, where I live and operate, and certainly not Kansas.

Etc... it’s sadly coming to a rental near you.

Sad because craigslist is still the most popular way for people to find rentals in the DC area.

They sound very professional and will show you statistics and projections about their markets - they will talk about their family and God and all these wonderful things they have done but in reality they were all selling similar older homes, rehabbed basically in the same way, rented to mediocre lower income nice families who could not afford 2 or 3 rent increases in the row etc etc The difference really became in how big they were and hence they could sell their services better but then again the “services” were basically done before you bought which by definition a turnkey is a property rehabbed and rented - so the key element was the management company and if you truly wanted to analyze if these “wholesalers” were as good as they claimed to be was to verify if they had actual available turnkey homes posted on their websites to choose from at anytime and sadly most did not!

(It so sad to see the Houston homes that are half or totally covered with flood waters).Basements in those that have the money to build it out seem to be a "play ground" for most people (think movie theaters, pool tables, Bar's, Football watching room, work out rooms, guest rooms, Kids play areas).

The 20% pass through deduction does not apply to my wife and me.I too have maxed out our pension plans including a Defined Benefits program which allows me to put away more than 120k a year.So far, I have been unsuccessful in finding a way to reduce my tax burden.I am a newbie to real estate investing, sadly. 

So gross and sad.