As we all know it is unfortunate that hurricane Harvey just came in and destroyed thousands of homes.

Despite what the lease said, they painted the condo (poorly, and a horrible color), installed a backsplash (again poorly, which had to be ripped out), stained the kitchen cabinets, spray painted the patio, destroyed carpets with filth, and caused $7K in overall repairs.

Most people try using family and it destroys the relationship because they don't think ahead like you are doing.

My mom feels like these people will destroy the house if she leave to move in with us, so we can't even get her out of there like we intended.

The plaster behind it is destroyed, naturally.

My biggest concern is other animals accidentally eating the bait if they destroyed the bait station. 

I'm certified in WDO (wood destroying organisms) inspections, let me know if you need to check on any of the properties you consider.

Would destroying your credit destroy your life? 

Renters are not jerks that are going to destroy your investment and the person that tells you they are is the actual jerk.There is nothing that can happen that hasn't happened to every other landlord somewhere and they survived. 

., I just had more of them and more often which destroyed all of my pre-purchase calculations and expectations.