Sure there are stories about people renting to quiet elderly section 8 tenants who don't cause any trouble and are perfect tenants, but for every one of those, there five like your sister's.

The video is a landlord nightmare, glad you avoided it and glad the guy that got stuck actually had the guts to go on TV and discuss his case.The courts are slow to action and even with screening a tenant can go off the deep end and cause trouble. 

It was ur first deal producing deal.

@Karen Musselman, sorry to hear for your troubles.

I make payments, where the person I took the property from was having serious trouble in that department.  

Sometimes a small shop will give you the most leeway, but also the most attention if you are a producer and can also offer them something (4 deals in 7 months is not bad for someone new, so I'd think you could be an asset to a good team, with plenty of upside).  

They could get you in big trouble!

I just purchased a rental property in Port Richey and the property management company is having trouble getting it rented.  

A lot of people will tell you just get a deal and if it is a good deal you will not have trouble finding buyers.  

Preparing to hand-jam the numbers in order to produce the financials on about 50 certs, it occurred to me (finally) - why not ask the many gurus on BP?