@Evan Price, it doesn't sound like you had a bad experience here. So, I'm more curious about your motivation to sell. From the little you mention, it sounds like simply a risk aversion issue.
If you sell, will you invest the proceeds in something else for example the stock market?
If so, consider that with a stock you have NO CONTROL whereas with your rentals you have quite a bit of control over how the business is run and how successful it is.
You are averse to a bad tenant situation such an eviction. Nobody likes them, but tbh when something like that happens I sort of smile! Do you know why? Its because I can look at the situation and say that I'm having these kinds of bad situations LESS than I plan/save for! So, that means I'm SUCCEEDING!
Yes, when bad things happen its a great time to be look at how you planned and prepped to be able to handle those things and feel GOOD that you were able to manage things such that they are turning out BETTER than you planned for on average.
So, bad situations are simply part of the work of the landlord, absolutely NOT something to be afraid of only something to be prepared for.
Tenants are like tires on your car. You might budget for them to last 20,000 miles, but if you rotate them and avoid damaging them they might last 30,000 miles. When you go to buy a new set if you have budgeted for it, you can smile and know you got 50% more out of those tires even though you now have to pay a big chunk of money to replace them. Bad tenant situations happen but like tires you can prepare and you can learn to manage property such that they happen less often and with less impact on you.
