According to this NYT article "It can cost as much as $10.5 million for a title-contending starting offense and defense in the new Power Four conferences."

The only thing that might prompt me into more aggressive action would be if the municipality started issuing a fine each day that I know I would never be able to recover from the tenant and even then if the items had value to the tenants, I might still put them in a storage unit and charge the tenant back for that until the eviction was complete.

Does this raise any red flags for the mortgage company? 

If they do not, the maintenance request will be canceled and I would start heading towards termination of their lease for failing to comply with state law and permit me to maintain the property.A large percentage of Section 8 tenants are entitled.

@Michelle Nevarez, the most common way people get started is through house hacking.You could use your VA loan to buy a property for yourself to live in.  

Congratulations on getting started.

So I started $60k in renovations to boost rents. 

With tech scenes in Austin and Texas booming in recent years, that trend of Californians moving to the Lone Star State is true for companies too.

Has a big red/green start/stop button and you can add notes.

@Anna DoumkinaIt’s going to be very challenging getting a lender to do one property with that low of a down payment - so start with 1 before trying to buy 5-10Section 8 properties also have a lot more maintenance so you will want to make sure to have adequate reserves as well