Same with trampolines, deep pools, loose railings, icy sidewalks or any other safety hazard. 

Direct MailThis will generate the most leads (if you set it up properly) but you have to have a good in-bound call system setup/scripts ready for the phone calls.

You can counter-sue for your legal costs and evict the guy once he looses his case.

Things that come to mind for needing the more difficult loan would be: holes in Sheetrock, loose wires, roof with less than 5 years of life, missing or broken windows.  

Once the new tenant is placed, you will cut the old tenants loose and refund any deposit owed.

Try your best to get them to the 60% of the work completed, then cut them loose.  

I can't imagine the bottom probe not working again unless it wasn't working after it was replaced.Your control board may be bad if it isn't turning on the bottom element same as the top one or the wiring to the bottom element could be loose or have an open circuit.This should be under warranty to have a licensed plumber come fix or replace this hot water heater.On a side note I have one that has developed a small leak and I have found HD carries a Wifi hot water heater.

One thing to note when looking at the individual markets, you can make or loose money in any market.

Consider a worst case scenario you loose that first FHA purchase due to foreclosure or whatever, then the minimum waiting time to use a VA loan is about two years.

After rehabbing it while I lived there, I decided to rent it instead of loose equity in Jan of 2008 What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?