In the case of ACH, the refund automatically goes to the tenant's bank account and landlords are unable to submit evidence to fight these disputes.In the case of a card payment, the funds can sometimes get refunded to the tenant directly or may sit in a holding pattern at the bank until the dispute review is over.

Do we write a check and have the Title company hold it until work is complete?

Tell the tenant that his opinion carries zero weight, so he must submit proof from an ACCEPTABLE expert to support his alleged foundation issue.Until then, he will be held liable for the terms of his lease, to the fullest extent of the law.

Sure, if you are a house flipper you have a buy box, but formulas and calculators are the one thing holding back new investors right now because they spend all of their time plugging in numbers from the internet into a program on the internet instead of getting reps in the field and learning what the different basements smell like between 200k and 300k.

@Benjamin Sulka I, 100% support house hacking as an entry level into real estate investing.

Actually, @Richard Licon, the American Association of Private Lenders does have a certification program they hold at their annual convention.

And plan to hold it forever, even if they outlaw STR.

People think if they can afford the down payment that they can afford the deal but even in deals where the purchase is 90k or less you will still need to be liquid 25k because you figure:15k to close5k to front contractor to get started5k (6 months holding costs)Insurance and Misc costs: 2kSo you see the life cycle can cost 25k+ even on a small deal. 

@Braden Heard start farming & growing your personal network to find deals that you can start out wholesaling, then flipping, then buy & hold as rentals to build wealth.Per this NY Times article, the average American knows around 600 people.https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/19/science/the-average-american-knows-how-many-people.html#:~:text=The%20average%20American%20knows%20about,do%20you%20know%20named%20Kevin%3FPer the US Census Bureau, the average American moves 11.7 time in their life, which based upon an approximate lifespan of 84 years, works out to be about every 7 years.https://www.census.gov/topics/population/migration/guidance/calculating-migration-expectancy.html#:~:text=Using%202007%20ACS%20data%2C%20it,one%20move%20per%20single%20yearSo, if the average American knows 600 people and they each move about every 7 years, that means that the average American knows around 85 people that move in any given year.How many of those moves do you want to be involved in?

If you bring the vendor and then are NOT happy with the quality of the work, timing or change order pricing - who are you going to hold accountable?