I put three prong outlets in and tested them but the failed.

I'm guessing it's out because she failed to pay the bill (utilities are in her name), but PG&E of course won't tell me anything.I've sent a 3-day notice to Pay or Quit. 

Look for any maintenance issues that tenant perhaps failed to report.

They have received two blight violations for failing to store trash containers properly, resulting in costs of around $400.

Fail at that and you are setting yourself up to lose money.Funding: This is also an essential part of the puzzle.

Honestly how can you have been in the real estate investing arena for 10, 15, 20 or more years and not seen every single strategy work - and the same strategy fail?  

Because it sucks.Maybe they'll turn it around, but the current team they have working on it certainly seems to be one of their teams that spends all their time on back-end tech and none on user experience like all the other failed google products, so I'm not optimistic.

However, because Shellpoint has CONSISTENTLY FAILED to properly credit my accounts over and over, it is a non-stop string of emails stating I am past due, blah blah blah.

Those that are well-connected, and know what they’re doing Will succeeded while others will likely fail.

Those numbers are always great in theory, but people fail to understand what it is like in practiceWhen you are competing with 50 other units in your block for rent, can't rent the property to qualified individuals, and are dealing with constant maintenance/property/tenants issues, you realize that the returns are too good to be true.