As you become more profitable and internal risk becomes greater, you can obtain an E&O policy or performance bond as applicable.

Kyle you could put the rent in an escrow as long as you let the landlord know in writing, and the escrow is a license, bonded, insured, and have E & O and the landlord could also sue the tenant for non-payment of rent per agreement, and it would be up to a judge to decide who wins.Joe Gore

Another reason we have the number of loans we are limited to as we begin to move into more of a commercial venture.The unit limitation is also an aspect of government not being in competition with enterprise, if the feds were financing commercial properties the commercial banks would have a very tough competitor.Commercial loans are funded differently than through the secondary bond market as 1-4 family residential properties are.

The positive thing is that dealing with them now at arms length is much easier than had I rented the place to them.

The floors will often move too much for that stuff to maintain a bond.

downtown, mount adams, over the rhine, west end, east walnut hills, evanston, hyde park, oakley, pleasant ridge, westwood, avondale, bond hill, carthage, corryville. 

For the foreseeable future I'm holding on to my rentals and just investing my cash in CDs and treasury bonds.

Also, keep in mind the different benefits you get from RE ownership that don't come with stocks and bonds such as depreciation, tax benefits, etc.

I'm wondering if there is any type of bonding cement/sealant I could use to patch the leak as opposed to having to replacing the piping or even cutting off the pipe and capping it.

Do you have any in bonds you could pull out from the 401(k)?