Last August Hurricane Irene tore the roof off a rental allowing considerable water inside - destroying much of my insulation, ceilings, drywall and pretty much making it uninhabitable.

You could even tell them your spouse was destroying the bills or something to that effect.

3 am Sunday a tenant smoking on the apartment porch carelessly discarded a cigarette and started a fire that destroyed the top 4 units in a 24 unit building.

You're mixing fix and flipping with rentals and that destroys both approaches.With a fix and flip, you want to be in and out quick.

I have dealt with that before.If you can see it in the sheet rock they have destroyed the walls behind it active or not.Run away as fast as you can from this one.

We are only seeing appreciation, the scarlet A, because the large banks of BofA, Chase, Wells, are not releasing the REOs on the market to destroy their price valuations.

I then get to enjoy the benefits of that relationship far into the future, thus reducing my efforts, frustration and stress.Of course, being "a dick" can also get you what you want, but it generally breeds frustration, requires you to continually work to build more relationships because you're constantly destroying the ones you have and causes stress that will ultimately lead to health problems and a reduced life span.Given that I dislike frustration, I'm lazy (as you pointed out earlier in the thread) and I want to live a long time, I tend to go the nice route...at least much of the time.But to each his own...GA for me is a far different playground that doesn't produce nearly the same results.

The landlord has destroyed the other trailers in the park and left the refuse laying around.

Would it be illegal for me to give the seller say $3,000 if he turns the key over to me, moves all of his stuff (including junk out) leaves the house clean, doesn't destroy it on his way out and moves out on time???

I just had my 7th commercial unit destroyed in less than 3 weeks.