It really reinforces the need of doing a proper screening.

I would recommend both...They both encourage you to just get started after educating yourself properly aa well as surround yourself around a great A-Team!

Didn't screen properly.3.

I had suspected after my limited online research that the tenant might be responsible for a least a portion due to the clog and lack of informing me the toilet was not functioning properly.

If done properly, it actually trumps some of the other financing out there.Here’s what I do.

So as you can see this is not exactly mom and pop type of hey I want to buy a rental house guy wont sell... its was a fight and we were out 45k in cash so we kind of had no choice.. if it was a normal deal with EM that was modest and sitting in title.. well we just would have cancelled got that back and moved on .. no way we would have done all this. and I don't believe in OUR state the judges may rule with the homeowner before the big bad investor developer. 

@Dan HeuscheleI use month to month as well but I have simply not renewed, with proper notice.

But you must have it set up properly and the the person buying from you might find out how much you paid. 

I appreciate your $.02 lolI'm definitely hoping to develop all the skills you mentioned.

Keep things the way they are now and with all new tenants.Send out the proper notices allowing yourself sufficient time to replace tenants that for what ever reason choose to move.