Locally, in LA, I've seen folks get burned, despite how "good" of a market we're in.

Regardless of what you will hear from the Pros on BP, I as a burned out, 30 year landlord with the rest of my properties in Brazil...the worst idea is to buy SFH's etc. many miles apart from each other.

It has a horrible "burning pile" used on the "farm", with old furniture, metal, carpeting, wood, etc. that is burned there regularly right in front of the house (20 ft from it) in a huge pile, that is often simmering.

Otay Ranch Village would construct more than 1,880 homes on a site that’s repeatedly burned (including the 2003 Otay fire).

Hey Y'all, I recently had a single family burn down in St Louis.

If you burn a section of the counter, or put a hole in the wall, you will be charged X as we have to paint the whole wall/replace the whole counter etc....make it part of your lease moving forward.  

Major chlorine tablet maker's plant burned down at the end of last year.  

Hi @Cassidy Burns - thanks for sharing your thoughts. 

We’ve all been burned for things.

Each jurisdiction has slightly different ways to curb unwanted behavior.