I never argued or got upset until the physical threats started; I just kept to the facts and the policy.

Otherwise, some book recommendations (these include mostly books on business/lifestyle or buy/hold investing):- "E-Myth Revisited" by Michael Gerber- "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" by Robert Kiyosaki and Sharon Lechter (this provides a more foundational perspective on money)- "Cashflow Quadrant" by Robert Kiyosaki (further builds on the "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" foundation)- "Set for Life" by Scott Trench- "Long-Distance Real Estate Investing" by David Greene- "The Book on Managing Rental Properties' by Brandon Turner and Heather Turner- "The Miracle Morning" by Hal Elrod-"HOLD" by Gary Keller (geared toward SFR)-"The ABCs of Real Estate Investing" by Ken McElroy (geared toward commercial investing)"Multi-Family Millions" by David Lyndahl (This is on my list of "To-Reads".  

Its tough to argue a smell in court . 

I'd argue this is more location specific than anything else, you might get a few stragglers that will live in worse area for cheaper rent.... but the "good" applicants probably aren't looking in a bad area regardless of price.

I'm currently reading the ABCs of Real Estate Investing by Ken Mcelroy and he presents the strategy of calling landlords about selling.

@Eric Adobo but I would argue that's it's not low pay.

Personally, if you have funded the JV and argued e fronting those costs, I think 50/50 is skewed towards the contractor, because he isn't assuming any financial risk.

i couldn't argue with that. 

You might enjoy The ABCs of Real Estate Investing by Ken McElroy.

After few argues with HOA (that one guy) he gave what was there around 4k..we fixed some but not enough.