Plumber told me he has caused major damage.

Get cash in hand and keep the security deposit approach as a backup to protect those funds for any damage caused.Court would be my last resort. 

the PM can send you thousands of photos but until you are physically present on the grounds of the property, you have no true proof of anything.

Physically getting in a car and driving around specific neighborhoods.2. networking with wholesalers in the area.3.

Here's how I do my due diligence:1) Portfolio matching: (takes 30 seconds per deal)a) Have an educated opinion on where you think we are in the real estate cycles (financial and physical market cycles)b) Then only then pick the strategies, capital stack, and specialized asset subclasses that make sense for that opinion.

If you have a leak in the roof, it will damage what you are fixing inside.  

The house had prior termite damage, which I found years ago by doing things in the attic.

They get new jobs, get divorced, break up with their boyfriends/girlfriends, have fights with their roommates, and then they just move.You can’t physically force them to stay, and the reality is you can’t even usually legally hold them to the full obligation of the lease because almost every state requires the landlord to mitigate damages and make a reasonable effort to re-rent the place to another tenant.So whose hands are really tied by longer leases?

Appendix A is a statement of common charges (wall repair, damaged blinds, garbage removal, etc) that the tenant gets with the lease.

Secondly I look for good "bones"/physical condition to keep operating expenses down.