Also if theirs leaks they're less likely to fix ruining the floor.   

My success on the $15k owed to me in damages and missed months was an email the length of a dissertation with a list of excuses including mold (nope, $800 of testing confirmed, they had a pet peeing on the carpet creating a bad smell) , _______'s cancer which came and went quickly, "having kids is hard", 1 of them starting college, and then an expected disappearance.

RE investing is mostly boring when it goes well, stressful as hell when sh*t starts going wrong, and can result in financial ruin if the investment sours because of the leverage involved. 

I only insure for catastrophes like cancer not colds and flu meaning I keep a $5000 deductible.

Another one I had was ;Had a mid 50’s tenant dying of cancer .in his final days he was in a good deal of pain .

I've seen every floor ruined by tenants.

We all pretended that wasn't what happened and the soft-hearted owner I worked for actually paid for a new throw rug for her, because she had the cojones to claim the plaster ruined her rug.Some people should only ever live in upstairs units. 

I don't allow giraffes or hippopotamus; they ruin the landscaping and no one wants to pick up the crap 😃

It is amazing how 1 person can ruin your day.

Whole neighborhoods were ruined, with little to no concern shown by the developers.