And I always try to rehab a little bit nicer than the rest or than I probably have to.

When I every visit those types of yards, they have clearly posted, we are not responsible for lost stolen and or damaged property.

Some are ethical and put the clients first and others do not.The issue with termites is are they active or is it old damage??

In the final report, we deducted all of January rent from her security deposit and charged her for some damages resulting in her owing us $350.

Looked in attic and had adequate insulation and no signs of water damage or termites.

I bumped into one problem with old bathtub - my contractor was not able to replace shower hardware because it did not come off at all and he was afraid to damage pipes.

These are high crime neighborhoods where someone will rip out $15,000 in damages just to steal $100 worth of copper pipe.  

I'm looking at getting the property for around $100k and using equity from my first property (the home I currently live in) to do the rehab work...which right now is just tearing out some damaged room additions in the basement and (hopefully) converting the 1-car garage. 

Using VA and getting it restored take some time since the VA is not always the quickest depending on where your regional center is (luckily your in phoenix, thats where the VA admin is on the west coast).I like VA because you can do fourplexes with 0% down and qualification is fairly easily while offering the borrower ability to live for free or make net positive cash flow monthly.

It's a very dumb law, but legislatures rarely understand real estate. if I put in the link Bigger Pockets gets upset so (use w instead of v ) v v v . atg . wa . gov / mortgage-and-foreclosure-scamsThere are "Social Justice" attorneys just itching to sue you and get the 3X's damages.