I'm at the point where I don't care if I take a pay cut by switching to flip homes.

I worked as a service technician for more years than I care to remember and I can honestly say I never did find a problem that I didn't solve.

They do not “care” as long as the mortgage is under the borrower name.

Just curious, not challenging your statement but how does bankruptcy "demonstrates financial immaturity and risk" since: Bankruptcies resulting from unpaid medical bills will affect nearly 2 million people this year—making health care the No. 1 cause of such filings, and outpacing bankruptcies due to credit-card bills or unpaid mortgages, according to new data.

While you can theoretically raise the rent, you might very well be better off to look at a 20 applicant pool as a wonderful thing and carefully select a high-quality, long-term tenant at your current price. 

I will be more careful who I hire.I was reading up last night. 

Be careful with appliance warranties from power companies.

I really wouldn't care, but when you have a homeowner losing their home because they're caught up in a contract with someone who has a clause that says the contract is subject-to finding an end buyer & gives them permission to market the property it's no different than a contract that's subject-to flipping 3 keys of coke & finding a cheaper distributer. 

@Isaac Molina IIII would be very careful withdrawing money from retirement accounts to invest in real estate. 

I like your idea of passing lawn care back to them and giving them the $200 concession.