Proper tenant screening can reveal such person's and I take pride in providing excellent homes for families in need of a fresh start.

They get to walk away with some cash and make a fresh start. 

This guy was fresh out of prison when he started working with me so he had no credit history, no money, no job, and a felony. 

Here's a fresh addition on using newspaper ads:http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/87/topics/59645-my-newspaper-ad-your-input-is-appreciated

There are 20+ vacant homes that look beyond repair and frankly if they were salvageable, they wouldn't be up to the standard that I would be hoping to create in a fresh new community. 

Sorry to read of the health issues, but it is a chance to start fresh right?

Frankly it's a breath of fresh air to get blunt, honest opinions from seasoned vets rather than all that sugar coated crap from so called gurus.I guess I had hoped that a short term play and SF instead of MF would need less than 50% operationg costs, but hope doesn't pay the bills.

The REIA depends on fresh fish for gurus.

There's a reason a GC can quote a brand new, seminar fresh investor $100k for a remodel that should only cost $50k.

Property had just been renovated fresh and ready to go, great space, comps for rent look great, but the property had no parking, and while walking the property watched a drug deal happen in front of the house. for those two reasons it was a no go for me.