If you have a parking bumper that has heaved up above normal (or a pound down re-bar in one that has frost heaved up above normal) it seem like maybe you have fault. 

We call it the Nomad investing strategy since you're moving from house to house as you acquire each property.Some of the benefits:Lower down payment required (0% VA/USDA and some local credit unions, 3% conventional, 3.5% FHA, 5% conventional) for owner-occupant loans means you can easily buy 4 properties with 5% down for the same down payment you'd need for a single 20% down payment non-owner-occupant purchase.Better interest rate for owner-occupant (often even when you take into account PMI) which means better cash flowNo hard limit (beyond qualifying) on the number of 30 year fixed-rate financing loans you can get where if you do 20% you are usually limited to 10 total loans per social security number (you and your spouse if you did them solo could do 10 each)Of course, the 300 pound gorilla in the room (and no...

You forgot one more dumb scenario from the penny-wise and pound-foolish, which is sticking all their properties under one LLC. 

Be sure to work with people that have your best interest in mind that don't try to pound a square peg in to a round hole.

Back to pounding the pavement. 

One tip tp get a pipe joint to turn where you want it to is,,,,,,take 2--- 2 pound hammers and copiously tap from both sides at once. 

Giving tenants your main number you have no control with which way they use it, they have all the information they need to hold against you, if need be.Now with the same scenario, if a Google Voice number was posted to Social media/Craigslist or whatnot you can still block the individual number in the application but, this is what sold me on it, if you were getting pounded my random numbers calling or texting you can sign out of the app and, checkmate, it’s over no more calls or texts until you sign back into the app.

Says he has been pounding on the windows and doors and getting no answer.So I go over and unlock the door, we both go in. 

They're going to get their pound of flesh one way or another.We have our dials set differently in California, to the point that my grandma's $1.2m duplex has property taxes of about $1400 per... year.

This might be heading somewhere between “pound sand” and “do you want out of your lease” response to the situation.The tenant may be a chronic complainer, never happy or satisfied.