Although renting to college students does not necessarily mean that the place is bound to be destroyed, I would say that I think there are some measures you can probably take.

They simply scope the damage to the property and measure the amount of roofing and other collateral damage.

What measures can ti take to recoup some of my losses.

A full day is not measured in daylight hours or an 8 hour shift!

It will be interesting to see how it plays out.I told my friend that given it took 2 years to get her out when that eviction happened I would have taken much more measures than securing a standard eviction.

However, I wouldn't take action or take drastic measures based on a post in a forum.

Here are a good book on financial measures:http://www.amazon.com/Every-Estate-Investor-Financial-Measures/dp/0071603271/ref=tmm_pap_title_0?

The only skills needed is basic measuring.

I use the 50 % rule to evaluate properties than apply the most realistic measure I can for taxes, insurance, maintenance and vacancy.

A lesson from last mortgage crisis taught us that even when we believe we have perfected the quantitative measure of intent of a borrower, we can be be proven grossly wrong.