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It's been a very profitable relationship for quite a number of years, yet it was a chance meeting years ago & we all clicked over breakfast.Its all chemistry & yours is like the proverbial oil/water scenario with some toxicity thrown in.

Everyone on this planet has lost something at one time or another, and I predict that will have 0% bearing on whether the judge thinks you're the organized, reasonable one and the tenant is not. 

@JoJo Tucker i house hacked my first purchase. it was duplex and i did all this before the house hacking term was even coined. i had no clue what i was doing at all. i had no money and made 28,000 per year. to this day, i do not understand how i got an FHA loan. this was in 2012. it all worked out though and i learned a ton. sometimes you just have to go for it. i live in houston and all my investments are out of state. i love texas and i love houston. however, houston is a city that every real estate investor on the planet knows of. there is alot of competition. so far, the numbers here have not worked out for me. i am still looking though. that does not mean that your numbers are not attainable here. everyone has different investment criteria. best of luck. if i can help in any way, let me know. 

Make sure it doesn't have flooding or water table problems or toxic problems.

@Brandon Sturgill That was the most toxic, misinformed, broad-brushed statement of demagoguing, self-serving lies I've see in a very long time. 

Because agents tell their client that they have to pay a additional 1% (or whatever their fee is)and buyers say "No Thank you, what else do you have".All that being said, there is not a situation on this planet that my client would not be fully informed as to what is happening.

I really enjoy the Planet Money and Freakonomics pods.

It is non toxic to humans you put it around baseboards in the area where roaches are located usually the kitchen.

If all that was required to create 30k of equity is new paint and new carpets, every investor on this planet would be buying houses, repainting and re-carpeting them, and then selling.