I question to you would then be do you think your efforts are best spent filing the police report and chasing the tenant or possible spending it speaking with your local and state legislators explaing your situation and helping them to understand the impact of the things they vote on. 

Investment Info:

Townhouse buy & hold investment.

Purchase price: $142,000

We used Pathway to Purchase to buy and hold a property. Drawbacks are you cannot turn them into rentals for a year so they h...

The more cash your spend, the more you have to recover and the less you have to assist in that recovery.If you want a longer explanation,  PM me.

The lease and other documents provided by the former PM clearly stated that there were no dogs in the household and that pets would only be allowed after a pet addendum was signed.

Hey guys!
I was wondering if anyone knew if I could purchase a home as a primary residence with the intent to flip it? Only reason is because of the low down payment options. 
I’ve seen on podcasts that you need to ...

Tax benefits usually happen when you SPEND money or have a LOSS (real loss or theoretical loss such as depreciation).

Every dollar you spend related to real estate or business building activities will be a business expense.

So if you have a hundred grand, you want to at least have 20 on hand, spend the 80, but don't put it into buying and holding investments.

That 260 hours if that 30 mins is saved one way.Even if you spend more to buy the home and spend even more to fix it up, is that amount of money worth it to you to save 130 hours a year?

That way you won't spend time and money doing things that may not be necessary or sufficient to address the insurers requirement.