If you rent to a family with children it will be even worse.Are you OK with the realiy that there will be some degree of renovation required if/when you do decide to sell.

Get a degree in banking / finance.

Hi,My name is Sean Buchner I currently attend the University at Buffalo pursuing my bachelors degree in civil engineering.

This way the tenant can still maintain a degree of respect for the landlord while still being trained into the process like you mentioned.

Real estate, like any investment, carries risk,  but at the end of the day these risks are just a line item, with various degrees of success based on the due diligence you put into each one.     

I spent years working in dead end jobs and going to school for degrees I didn't use. 

Meaning you can't sell your degree back so it's best to pay that down as fast as possible.

I’m getting a second degree in it.

I'm a 50 year old Industrial Mechanic, so I can fix just about anything, and my wife is a Industrial Electrician who has went on to get her engineering degree.

Her tenant arrested, in jail on $1mil bond for second degree murder.