To your point about agents quitting in the first 2 years, that sounds very realistic.

Is this still a realistic approach?

I am not a democrat, just a realist.

Hi @Emily Gowen, whether you should sell comes down to what income (both cash flow and appreciation) you could realistically expect from the properties in the next X number of years vs. the amount of money you could make by selling now and either reinvesting or just sticking that cash in the S&P and collecting your 6-10% risk-free returns YoY.

I am certainly trying to be realistic about this investment.

@Melanie P.1) The caseworker is supposed to approve all HAP contract amounts, but otherwise, who is realistically going to take the time to investigate and how are they going to prove it?

geesh people have to catch a clue this is simply not realistic , or real or anywhere close to that.. if they did all that why would they split profits.. .they would just do it all themselves and not need to sell a service..

My kids are a bit older now and it would be more realistic to be able to allocate the necessary time to being a landlord. 

These days all investors need to have more realistic expectations.

I would think 7%-10% is more realistic.