Have there been bumps in the road over the last decade of becoming "THE" #1 SFR management company in the United States, absolutely, no question, mistakes were made, lessons learned, evolution done.

I hope to apply the lessons learned to my next go at it.Jacqueline I am also still affiliated with William Raveis (as a referral agent, of course). 

(If they didn't screen them well, you could get a quick lesson in How to Evict a Tenant.)

YEP - - You take driving lessons to get a driving license. 

So, I guess the lesson here is trust but verify.

One of the most useful lessons I had in primary school was called "Reading and Phonics", 1st grade vocabulary, reading and spelling class.I did have rather a challenge trying to sort out what looks like a triple negative in your statement, quoted above.I didn't find Leigh's attitude at all arrogant, but that's the challenge people like us face.

I figured I’d come here to share one of my more headache-inducing mistakes (and lessons learned) to hopefully save someone else from ending up in the same situation!

We may learn a lesson on this but we'll see.

If they need to be totally replaced then you may be out of luck and put this one down as a hard learned lesson about having "very nice" things in rentals...Or you could just take the entire SD for the damage that way you feel as if you atleast got some reimbursement for the damage...

Based on the realtor.com and zillow.com estimates, I have also received over 200k+ in appreciation so the equity has been great.Things I've learned beyond the lessons I've updated on:-In hindsight, everyone has been saying "FHA loan, FHA loan" for the BRRRR strategy!