The same for every crisis for the last 50 years.For those of you who like to read, The author of the article that Bryan references also coauthored a book All the Devils are Here which goes into a lot more details.Another very easy read that covers the subprime debt/credit defaults swaps story is The Big Short by Mark Lewis.More challenging but a wider view is Nouriel Roubini's Crisis Economics.and if you don't like reading but can handle a documentary movie, Inside Job again does a decent job of touching on the subject.

I bought 14 new builds in MS back in the day and the first 5 years I never touched them . 

Make sure that you are given all the contact information and records of past guests -- if they have had a good experience, being in touch with them can be a great source of future bookings for you.  

I also spoke with my mortgage professional today to review a bunch of my questions and we briefly touched on this topic as well. 

Feel free to send me a message and I would be happy to get you or your daughter in touch with the broker and you can see if it might be a good fit. 

If you are painting the rest of the house yourself, get a 5 gallon bucket of paint-it will be less expensive and should be more than enough and leave extra for touch ups later on.   

I would expect the square decora style switches for a mansion like this.Love the castle feel of this home, and the turrets in the front are a nice touch.

Ceiling fans won't be directly touched by the tenant aside from turning the switch off and on, so it's really hard to be destroyed.

Many of our customers need to literally touch them in our showroom to see if they are real stone or not.

There are obviously other concerns as well and others have already touched on them, but there is simply no replacement for someone that knows what they're doing and can prove it with evidence from past deals.