Some landlords take it and like it because the majority of the rent is guaranteed, as is preventing some damage to the home - i.e. they can be kicked off of Section 8 for destroying your property. 

One failed roof or HVAC system can destroy months or years of pro forma "cash flow

In any event, she knows that I am just starting out and said that if I could come up with a plan, she will entertain it.Note: my integrity is important and I don't want to hold this property up and destroy my relationship.  

Tried my hand at investing just before the bubble and had to let a property go thus destroying an 803 credit score.

This one lesson will literally save your business from being destroyed by liars, snakes and people that straight up just don't do their job.

(cont.) “IT IS NOT HAVING KIDS THAT PUT YOU ON THE STREETS--- IT IS THE AGENCYâ€S THAT USES YOUR KIDS THAT PUT YOU ON THE STREETSâ€You may try complaining to your State Representative about how CSE is dragging it’s feet on getting CS payments to you or how CSE ruins and destroys your life when you get into arrears, , but after what happened to that one State Representative, you may be talking to deaf ears

Came back in 2011 to a townhome that was destroyed by a tenant whom was hoarding all sorts of animals in a 2-bedroom townhome.

Tampa for my retirement from 30 years ago because this was the only City in the Gulf of Mexico that had not been destroyed by a hurricane according to our 120 year weather maps at that time.

Do tenants destroy them? 

We re-did my hardwood floors 2 years ago and my nice 90 pound black lab has already destroyed them again :(I let one of my tenants paint their living room & bedroom last year, but that's the furthest i'd ever go with tenant DIY.