Quote from @Theresa Harris: Hindsight is great, but you should have sent her a registered letter detailing the break down to her last known address.

@Theresa Harris Let’s say the police were wrong.

They declined and survived with just two window units for a few days.

Offices will never be the same, people have now come to realize that they can survive on Amazon and Wayfair, mail-order is killing pharmacy, and hospitals are gobbling up their independent competition.  

Quote from @Theresa Harris: Talk to the home inspector who looked at the house.

The list goes on and on.It was miserable in the beginning, but that's the life of a refugee trying to survive.

@Theresa Harris I know it's late but I just wanted to say thank you both for your input.

You are not going to survive as a landlord if your skin is this thin.

. $900/mo could be the difference between survival and bankruptcy (they need the cashflow to cover that capex NOW; they can't wait several years for the property to appreciate, so adequate cashflow is critical) ...but a more experienced investor with a net worth of $10 mil can easily survive that unexpected capex of $25k, and to them, whether the property cashflows $100 or $900/mo might be trivial if the property is appreciating well..Of course, appreciation isn't guaranteed, and real estate can (and does) depreciate in some markets... also, in today's market, it would be very difficult to get a typical single family (or even some small multifams) to cashflow at $1k/mo as an LTR....and then there's the important matter of taxation...all of these are additional factors you'll want to educate yourself on...There are a LOT of moving pieces to consider in REI.Good luck out there!

thanks @Jeffery Harris !