If you don't plan on managing your property like a negligent criminal your exposer to a situation like this is microscopic.

I certainly wouldn't leave them out on their own, paying rent and exposed to unscrupulous contractors or landlords or door-knockers or whatever.

Why should I expose my dogs to the risk unnecessarily? 

Of course, that exposes you to losing your deposit if you don't close on the property.

The inspector missed improper deck flashing and studs missing (not like they weren't installed, they are half gone from rot) in an exposed basement wall and now they're paying a few grand to fix it.

This might get you exposed to the all-important skillset of valuing property.

gratefully I'm not exposed to many people that are overtly racist so it really didn't register until little later. last time I knew the person a little that was being racist. 

For pros, he challenges conventional wisdom and explodes sacred cows by exposing hidden conflicts of interests and mis-alignments that many in the industry won’t admit to.

It has been exposed to the market at X price for six month and the market says it is not worth that.

Long term I don't really have any interest in being a residential real estate agent but I wonder if that might expose me to investing opportunities and some networking?