One home was so horrific the people lay dead inside the master bedroom for days and the blood seeped through the floor to the living room.

If there is gross negligence involved and proved, there will be blood.

If we're in this game long-term, slow and steady growth with a lower cortisol level will beat explosive growth with high blood pressure levels every time. 

I just don't have the time or blood pressure to support dealing with all those initial calls. 

Wait for blood in the streets, and then open your pocketbook. 

It takes grit, blood sweat tears and FIRE.Sorry no offense to anyone on here who charges to coach but sounds like BS.Take the $15-30k and put it as a downpayment on a  2-4 unit and live in one of the units. 

There is two criteria if you need to calculate ATM:1) If have claimed or received any of the following:Tax-exempt interest from private activity bonds.Intangible drilling, circulation, research, experimental, or mining costs.Amortization of pollution-control facilities or depletion.Income or (loss) from tax-shelter farm activities, passive activities, partnerships, S corporations, or activities for which you aren't at risk.

Word circulates in the local REIA that Ben is not a man of his word....his reputation suffers.Outcome 2: I ask Ben if he'd consider a last ditch sale price of of $102,000. 

I am slamming creepy handwritten letters in goats blood...

Neither will your attorney help you collect one penny unless you pay him several thousand more dollars and if your scumbag contractor doesn't have money, or assets 'you can't squeeze blood out of a rock'.Lots of luck!