My Fiancee and I both have full time jobs so we'd prefer not to have to buy vacant dumps that need tons of work. 

Existing situations are less likely to be reported because it has been that way for a long time.Jail is pretty extreme for a consequence, but if someone gets harmed, you could be held responsible for criminal negligence.

At this time, the plumber (now his wife joined the conversation) became irate and cussed out our property manager, even threatening bodily harm to him.

It feels like people just focus on the leverage aspect of the FHA loan before even considering the ridiculous long-term harm to your wealth associated with them.Thanks,VR

Nerdwallet was kind enough to list both the interest rate AND the overall APR for 30yr fixed conventional vs FHA and that tells you that looking at the interest rate only is misleading and actually harmful to your long-term wealth building. 

The basic question is whether he should continue to hold properties given their high property tax and whether the overall fiscal situation in the state will harm values.

I don't even see an option to search for the BP conference.I would think BP could create a Workplace on the BP facebook page or open a Slack page or create a Twitter # or something.

Certainly no harm in asking-- Jim Stardust,--This sounds like a fantastic resource.

We don’t know any PMCs to recommend in the area mentioned, but since selecting the wrong PMC is usually more harmful than selecting a bad tenant, you might want to read our series about “How to Screen a PMC Better than a Tenant”:https://www.biggerpockets.com/member-blogs/3094/91877-how-to-screen-a-pmc-better-than-a-tenant-part-1-services-and-processesWe recommend you get management contracts from several PMCs and compare the services they cover and, more importantly, what they each DO NOT cover.

Brett Harms (Brightway Insurance)