The big housing question in 2014: will Mel Watt begin to reverse DeMarco's damage?

Some property damage resulted from unsupervised kids.)2.

Those laws will vary state to state but in most states, including here in FL, a tree falling is an act of god so unless you can prove negligence (such as the tree was dead and rotting and you had warned the owner about the dangers of it falling) then it's going to be on you to fix the damage to your property.

Even in a good situation a bad tenant can easily cause enough damage to eliminate two years of positive cash flow.

Had to laugh at the sharp dressed schils at the back of the room, ma'aming and sir-ing everyone, hoping to squeeze them for 35k a pop.No thanks.

No way of knowing until you see how the insurance company assesses the damage.

Keep in mind that the "real" amount of the judgment, i.e. the damages, is $5,000, so negotiate off of that, not the full amount plus interest.

If they know they are not receiving their deposit back, what incentive do they have to not damage your place on their way out.

One of the floors almost collapsed in a bathroom and faulty piping caused property damage for another tenant.Don't know how inspector missed it.

The second bedroom also had the window busted out for about a year (the city boarded it up after a year) and was exposed to a lot of water damage.