If nothing else - I want him to return 4 months of 'management fees' he deducted from rents received for his services - mostly since he has not abided by our contract and has failed in his responsibilities.Our contract states: "Agent shall not be liable to the Owner for any loss or damage not occasioned by Agent’s own negligence or failure to comply with its obligations."

I won't be able to grow much without criticism or failure and I can't help but prefer the former!

Looking at your photos I would be immediately concerned about structural failure.

In the deed of trust, there is a power of sale clause which gives authority to sell the home to pay off the mortgage balance if there is a default [failure to make mortgage payments].   

Oh and to get the great deals we buy short sales, and we have had lots of "failures" before we have had great success. 

When global interest rates followed T-Bills on a fast upward trajectory, these countries defaulted on their debts.In today's global economy, when a country like Greece even sneezing in the general direction of a default can cause money institutions to panic, it makes me wonder how these same institutions would react to an interest-rate-related cascade failure due to interest rate hikes.

Don't let the fear of failure stop you.

We all learn from each others experiences and I've found most people hesitate to share the failures (until they have a lot of off setting successes).RJ

Examples of a breach of this warranty include the failure to provide heat or hot water on a regular basis, or the failure to rid an apartment of an insect infestation.Public areas of the building are also covered by the warranty of habit-ability.

This is not really due to window failure (as is the case with the track windows).