I failed at that too many times.  

knowledge is power, and experience is the best teacher.....learn from what others have done, and failed to do.

You can see the "just do it" crowd, go blindly where others have failed types, reminds me of Clint Eastwood westerns, "we don't need no stink'n badges".

shawn...by no means did you fail...you gained a valuable "what not to do"...

I suspect 50% of the deals you pick up are failed landlord syndrome.

A good start is homeadvisor and angieslist imo.If the plumbers repair failed I would ask him to reimburse for damage or give you a credit for future work otherwise file a complaint to warn others of shoddy work.

For the fish that do bite expect Trailer Park full of sex offenders with pit bulls sitting next to the car on blocks, adjacent to the failing Lagoon.In most cases you're just going to anger people by giving them a letter with a good price to find out they fit the scenario above and you're overpaying, or anger them because you're way under and they won't even contact you.This is why people don't do it.  

Economy - it is the driving force behind many failed or succeeded towns or sections of towns.In Pittsburgh's SouthSide of town, many world economists came to study how it was structured and why it has done so well.

What the videos failed to tell me was that some windows are installed from the outside of the house.

Don't fail me now!