I do it mostly because the veteran real estate investors here know you never find anything but human feces and decades-old porn behind water heaters, and I think it's a great private joke for all of us about how weird this business is, especially seeing how the newbies react, all offended that anyone could possibly be dishonest here in the forums about finding rubberbanded and cellophane-wrapped stacks of used twenties in a hundred-year-old defunct crapshack in Yinzerburgh, of all places.And every year, right on the button, I get a bunch of people who insist they know exactly how I should invest my found money.

Anyone ever consider advertising rental discounts to First Responders, health care workers and/teachers?

Remember there was 2 miles of ice on top of MN until it all went away, before humans invented their first engine.

That’s more than simply posting an ad on Zillow, but having a sales funnel that will allow you to filter out that junk spam and ask people the clarifying questions that will implicitly confirm they are human beings with a heartbeat and income to pay for your rental.

Eventually I came to conclusion that stupidity, greed and lack of reasoning skills are just part of human nature and those traits manifest themselves most vividly wherever money is involved.

if you were worried about them trying to take money from you, then you should have been smart and put a meter on their water pump after you told them to flush it out or whatever so that you can gauge how much extra you cost them and then take that off the rent and then there's no discrepancies. it was completely due to your negligence that caused them an inconvenience and a health hazard. not sure we're all these other landlords get off assuming these are just cash grabbing freeloaders when they didn't do anything except do their part and move into a place and pay rent.so you can benefit from them doing so.

My experience has taught me that it is just a human nature to seek the most benefit for them at any cost, even if it means harming someone who facilitates profitable transaction serving their interests.

Aloha Dirk,  Like in most places,  Hawaii has a mix bag of contractors from really good reasonably  priced ones to dirt cheap shady ones that do shoddy work that could lead to fire (bad electrical work) or health issues (mold) for tenants.

Learn about human behavior.

My husband and I will be taking my in-laws into our home due to health issues.