It also reminds people that you are the owner, not them. 

I'd talk to her and remind her she needs to let you know if things are broken and together you will arrange to get them fixed. 

The fact that you refer to a license required by law in most, if not all 50 states, as an arbitrary "piece of paper" is the exact reason why you're never going to get the respect you're seekong from the other professionals out there.Kind of reminds me of Pilots who got their student pilot license. ( just fill out the form and have a medical and your instructor signs it) then proceed to fly for years and years without ever getting a true Pilots license.. 

The house constantly reminds us of the occupant.

The banking debacle of the past week, and the government's response to it, is a reminder of this.

I couldn't fathom this idea until as I was reading these comments with my wife and she reminded me of my art projects I have kept from college in boxes in our basement... oops.Account Closed Thanks for the reality check!

It's a good reminder to any novice landlord that Seattle is a severe danger zone, even for a seasoned investor, more so for a beginner.

@Ken M.I invest in non performing notes and This reminds me of one time an investor bought some loans from a bankA guru heard about it, interviewed them and created this whole training around doing this and charged people $300 to call the banks for him alleging he would let them buy the assets.

@Ryan Tonguejust a reminder that the goal of house hacking isn't to cash flow. 

Thanks for sharing.Its a great reminder to treat it like a business, have processes in place and to follow them at all times.