Homelessness,  addiction and mental illness should not be criminal,  but criminal acts should be treated as such regardless of their root cause. 

Know your limitations as well-I knew there was nothing I would find in a walkthrough that would prevent me from buying that house, because I don't have the expertise to know if the foundation is damaged or if the roof needs replaced.

You could just refinance it to raise your basis and then sell it after closing to prevent capital gains taxes or if you've lived in it for two years of the past five years, you should be exempt.

Or 3 hour showers, or worse yet doing 500 loads of laundry for everyone they know (if you have hookups) and washing their cars and filling swimming pools, etc...If you provide utilities, set a cap to prevent abuse.

Sound the alarm to prevent your family members, friends and/or business partners from engaging with Marcus Mullings, Leverage Plus Group, LLC or any of Marcus’ affiliates.

Realistic expectations..... the tenant cant be a slob and expect a simple pest control visit to clear the issueIf the tenant is keeping the unit clean and not doing things that attract the mice, then you are in a much better spot and have a better chance of taking care of the issue.Another factor can be the surrounding units...... you may be clean but if the close neighbors are keeping trash and food around, again..... you can only put a dent in the situation since the real source is out of your control.....realistic expectations........ the tenant expects the issue to be taken care of..... but you have to point out issues that may prevent that from happening.

There is endless information on how to get started in real estate and finance, but not many good resources on what to do once you've firmly rooted yourself in the middle-class.

Some charge to come out, while others will happily come out for you to help prevent someone from inadvertently damaging one.

The problem this time is that the contractor didn't try to figure out the root cause at the time of their first visit.Lesson learned.

The attorney found judgments against him, and I think he's trying to prevent his wife from finding out.