It is extremely difficult to find a rental if you've been evicted because this will appear to any future landlords when they run a background check.

I have seen the concept explained as a way to use a HELOC to pay principle only checks to your mortgage as a way to pay off a loan in an extremely short amount of time.

If the damage is extreme you can try to find a public insurance adjuster to help you fight your claim they typically only get paid if they succeed in getting your claim paid out.

OR become extremely good a branding your stay experience. 

I feel this shouldn't be an uncommon thing as I am sure people get windows replaced all the time and to have to wait for 4 months for the replacement seems kind of extreme.

I found mine on BiggerPockets find an agent tab and he has been extremely helpful.

And then there is always the mountain markets so if you want to STR the demand is extremely high, but flipping is basically non-existent because people scoop them up off market long before any individual could ever get to them. 

It’s easy to get stuck in the minutia of the details, so it’s extremely important to have clear criteria on what you are looking for to help sort through all the options available.We’ll dig into each of these areas in more detail in future articles, but this overview will give you a good idea of where you’ll need to spend your energy.

It is extremely expensive or even not even available when getting older.

The properties I've acquired myself have performed extremely well (extremely high cap rates and cash-on-cash returns).I started out self-managing my own properties, but I took on a few clients who were attracted by seeing how well my properties were performing.