Do you have actual blood in your veins?

This is a big problem and will amount to blood in the streets as landlords will have to stop paying their mortgages too.

ORrrrr the agent could say "Huh, really, so that's the solution, slit my wrists to water the yard with my blood, then all can grow green?

In an unofficial response they basically tell me that you can't take blood from a stone and the landlord can take the financial hit vs a tenant.  

Investors who've been buying since the 80's (treasury rates >14%.5 top tick) or new blood that started buying post GFC (2009-2012) think they can't lose - since their investment has (essentially) been buoyed by asset inflation tied to declines in treasury yields --> interest rates --> cap rates --> increasing govt intervention/QE/debt monetization.One of the key implicit assumptions of the bulletproof BRRR model (which so many people here swear by) - is that interest rates will always and forever continue to decline.

Some investors balk at using hard money because of the higher interest rates, and indeed it can be risky if you have thinner margins or if the project takes longer than expected.

I did have an issue when I was installing thinner vinyl over an upgraded underlayment.

HouseHacking is in our blood and has been hugely profitably for my family’s financial life.

Or people wash blood off cars at your place and leaving off evidence w/o paying you....location, location, location

My parents took a bite out of the American Dream as 1st generation immigrants with sweat and blood but they worked too hard unnecessarily because they lacked the knowledge of proper investing and building wealth.Biggerpockets and others are leading all kinds of people to investing which is an open secret; available to everyone but only practiced by a few.