Maybe we should contact the national newspapers.I know a few investors that buy completely destroyed houses, work day and night rehabbing them, deal with all the permits needed, engage with often lazy and dishonest construction workers... performing many other mentally, emotionally and physically difficult tasks.

Sounds like potentially the residential landlord is too involved emotionally ( caring about everything potentially the tenant says ) and physically ( doing a lot of the repairs and replacements themselves to their investment inventory).I don't invest in residential anymore.

I would have paid that out in custodial fees with no access to the funds and I wouldn't have been able to add my sweat equity.

I may not be reading into this right, but OP are you asking about Yard signs , physically in YOUR yard or an area you are working?  

I was pointing out one significant difference in appraisal for FHA of 3-4 Family; In addition to physical/current code appraisal inspection the property has to sustain itself, meaning 75% of rental income has to cover monthly mortgage payment.

I'm sure this is pretty rare but for those of you that started with notes or maybe bought one or two properties then made a full transition to notes, I'm wondering why you chose that route?  Or maybe there's a person ...

I’m just curious if we should schedule a physical inspection when we are visiting family in the area later this month. 

I just can't imagine feeling comfortable leveraging myself that heavily, going into the negative to acquire expensive, highly concentrated, physical assets. 

He said "well actually I am at physical therapy, but make it quick"I said " I can call back later if that would work better" " no no go ahead and ask your questions" So I fired off a few questions which led to roughly 5+ minutes of casual talk.

Cameras would have helped too but it isn’t “that bad” of a neighborhood where my tenants requested them.Oh my favorite mistake...which I want to physically assault myself when I think about it...was also when I was younger and uneducated.