You can go broke if you wait for the equity, which can be lost just as easily as it is gained, to recover your cash costs. 

It should apply, as a veteran myself, I have a soft spot for other vets using their VA loan to get started in real estate (it is how I got started, and it is easily the greatest loan product available). 

These can also be easily faked, but most criminals are sloppy.

Some settlement is minor and can be easily fixed and other settlement is a bigger problem.

Beckett runs Blue Ridge Escapes, and could easily help clarify things for you.

Mistakes like this can be costly and not easily rectified.   

I can easily replace him as PM on my first property, but how do I get him to give me the lease?

I'm sure he had certain sensitive information easily accessible to anyone with ill intent and malice.

If it's a bad thermostat, those are usually easily replaced.

If you stay at 60% or below of your homes, you can get into the 5s pretty easily with a point or two, even with credit scores as low as 680.