& how you become financially free is by letting whoever your renting to (I'm guessing that was a step also?)

If land values are increasing significantly, you can back-end load the seller financing for a percentage of the profit when you sell.To add to prior comment, how many septic tanks do you have?

You could see an attorney or even better talk about it with your financial planner many have legal tech now that makes it essentially frictionless to get your estate work done and keep it updated.  

How do SFHs fare in competition with these rentals as supply increases?

I am sorry, I am not good with a financial lingvo, could you please clarify? 

That being said, this depends on your overall financial situation.

This is very helpful.I agree and am aware that there is increased risk to an auction property. 

.- long term: there is a shortage of properties in almost all cities and in some cases and that has contributed to an increase of rents and prices in double digits in some cases. i.e Mafra 10% rent increases last year and Setubal +15% price increase.

I am a 37 year old high school basketball coach that is not very happy with where I am financially and am seeking a way out of living paycheck to paycheck.

As an example, our request for rent increase that was submitted in Sep 2023 has not been processed and may never be processed.