Housing prices are high, mortgage rates are high, and competition is fierce so revenue is way downIt’s one thing if you bought a while back like many of us did, so your cost basis is much lower.

I suspect there would be massive blow back if the feds attempt to lower sec 8 rental assistance. 

Another struggle i have with STR is replacing small items continually which ties back to pricing.

depending on how backed up the county is it can e take a few months for court date. in essex county it took my mother in law about 8 months or so for the full process. she had an attorney, not sure if that sped anything up

You will need to roll over your retirement funds into a self-directed IRA account (funds would be lent from there and returned back there).

However, this has back-fired because it takes time to drive out to the home only to get a firm "NO" to your request.   

Quote from @Chris Kersey: Hey @Alex Woolums, Welcome back to TX.

I buy back my time in this way.

The time back will free up more time to increase your active income, or acquisition of more rentals to get you more cashflow (passively or actively).

In which case, youre probably not getting your EMD back.