If you pick a bad tenant in any state, it's going to be a pain to evict them and when you do, they can always put rocks down your toilet or cement.

., it seems to be a fine tool.But if you are a real estate investor with a few properties to track, it's really painful.

We tried outsourcing it for the first couple years and it was an absolute disaster.It was a painful process bringing it all in-house but we got there.

I suggest you get in touch with BP moderators/administrators to remove your post from the site because it wasn’t your intention to use the word “scam” regarding your transaction with @James Wise.

It's a pain to hire people, it's a pain to train people, turnover is a pain, leasing office space is a pain, etc.  

It is the only house we own, and it is obviously a pain to manage.If we sell it now we will be at a net negative on the whole thing, but won't have to mess with it anymore.

The comment above about the commentor never doing this, that's because he hasn't been in enough pain on a property to need to do this. 

Floaters are painful today, but fixed was painful a couple years ago if you wanted to sell 3 years into a ten-year loan.  

While you are not required to have a property manager for your long-term rental (short term is a different story), you can only handle administrative functions such as making phone calls, paying bills, selecting a contractor, etc. and must be completely hands off. 

for me it gets tougher and much tougher as I get older.. aches and pains are far more frequent.Living in the Napa valley for years wine was a daily event. and of course a martini before the wine.