Our place is owner occupied, and I wish I had the skills to just fix a dishwasher or the A/C if it goes out (fan outside the house broke like a year ago), but sadly I cannot fix any of this stuff.

I thought this girl would be good because she told me she wanted to be a real estate investor, and do some house hacking, but she doesn't seem to know anything about management expenses, utilities, or any of it.

In this case, you are aware the tenant broke the lease too many times to count yet you still bought the property and inherited them.2.

Gift cards, flat screen TV's, gas cards, etc... has never worked out very well - but I get a lot of broke people calling on those ads.The real problem is likely the property and the location.  

It's no one's fault or negligence the water heater broke. 

-German Shepherds are wolves that grew bored with the pack and now live in my home; liabilities be darned...I am here to share what I know, grow where I am weak, and obtain a stronger relationship with my girls by slowly ending the indentured servitude to my daily grind.

In the end they took the reduced rent and a year later they broke the lease and walked away.

broke his arm .........lucky .

I'll be equally honest - broke with bad credit won't get you very far in the flipping business.

I have met quite a few other DIY landlords, some who have done well, some who have not.My experience has shown me that there are very few DIY landlords who get divorced and don't go broke.