yes you can get 10 houses that cashflow better but you also get 10 higher chances that a tenant will destroy your property costing you a year or more to repair. 

Destroyed the roof. 

@Mark Baldwin I think the walls can be fixed, but my thoughts are that there’s an underline issue, such as the high water table that is destroying the foundation. 12k doesn’t sound like much, but how much to dig out around each house to put French drains or sump pumps and where the water goes. 12k can turn into 60k very quickly.

in every market a tenant can destroy your unit, but in tenant friendly markets you may not be able to get them out of the unit for many months.  

The way I look at it is I want to do some Geo-Arbitrage, meaning that if some natural or man-made disaster were to occur in any given area it won't totally destroy my portfolio.

COVID destroyed the vibrancy that draws millennials to the City. 

When a message is hung on the door (preferably in plastic bags so it doesn't get destroyed by foul weather), the consumer will absolutely look at the message before pitching.

Inflation destroys the value of fixed rate debt - or even variable rate debt, below the rate of inflation - over time, resulting in financial gains for the debtor and financial losses for the debt owner.

Imagine the frustration this investor feels when they walk into a recently vacant house that they used to live in which was destroyed by the former tenants.

Vacancies, late rent, repairs, tenants destroying property, maintenance expenses, &evictionsI will make you an offer to buy your home AS-IS.