They just don't know it yet...and failure in REI is expensive. 

That is a single point of failure that is only as sustainable as that individual contractor.

Undercapitalization, commingling assets, fraud, failure to maintain separate identities and formalities.

Don't think that one particular out of state market will shoot you to success or abject failure.

It has links to your state laws so you can (and should) read them for yourself but it also includes summaries of important laws like how to handle security deposits or evict tenants for failure to pay rent.

If someone has to massage the debt in a way where everything has to go perfect with a property and cash flow projections to make it work then likely setting up for massive failure.

I've been a mechanical engineer for the 6 years since I graduated college, and for a while have had the goal of financial independence by the time I'm 40.

The house needs a new roof and mechanicals as well as paint and flooring.

"Don't be afraid of failure.

If somehow something was designed with a pump, well, the pump presumably provides pressure to force something UP, but it will not operate all the time, so the delay in the flushing mechanism which is essentially just opening the flap/valve in the toilet, and then not having that pump going - will cause exactly what you're describing.