And I upgrade to a decent level because apartment grade is crap, at least the beautiful SS ones in my “luxury” apartment were.

At the moment I am looking to wholesale the property. 

Feel" the true beat of the portfolio's income and expenses performance before using leverage to speed up the growth of your portfolio.Using cash only will protect your bottom line in scenario's like yours when the properties don't perform as expected as you won't be on the hook to cover the mortgage expenses.Just my bias opinion so take it with a grain of salt.I've also witnessed many finger pointing instances when others get involved.Like a new property manager, realtor, contractor, etc...I've had my share of bad experiences with realtors that threw my company under the bus and got in the investors ear to flog it at any price just so they can make a quick commission.It get's very messy, painful and pretty much turns into a disaster with the investor not knowing who to trust or what to do anymore.Similar to what you post about has happened to me and my company many times and if allowed the opportunity, we do our best to fix and come good.Some loose trust and faith and I 100% understand, but as soon as someone leaves the wing of my company there is not much that we can do because as I mentioned above, everyone else get's involved, has an opinion and the situation get's very messy.Having in-house property management is vital when such a "crisis" arises.I tried out-sourced PM when we first started and it was a disaster.We had no choice other than to bring it in-house.Hated my life for the first 5 years with in-house PM and fast forward 10 years, it has become our "golden goose" and a very well streamlined and beautiful business.From what I've seen and read on the forum and elsewhere it seems like RTR has a good reputation and what you have mentioned seems like a "worst case scenario".I hope RTR will assist you the best they can and all I can say is learn from the experience and don't give up.Do your best to weather the storm and focus on minutia.Don't have regrets and don't spend too much time dwelling on the past.Glimpse into the past to get guidance from what you could have done better and think ahead.Move forward smarter, more experienced and better.Wishing you well and much success with your future endeavors.

There are so many beautiful areas of CA that people still want to live. 

From the living room, step out onto the large deck and soak in the beautiful mountain views and fresh air; a great way to unwind at the end of the day!

It's that lightbulb moment where you realize that even after paying the surcharge to pay a mortgage with a card, you still earn positive cashback, making your net interest rate on your mortgage effectively a negative percentage.  8% cashback - 3.5% pay by card surcharge = 4.5% free money, and considering my mortgage interest rate is 2.75, that effectively means I pay no mortgage interest and still earn 1.75% free cashback.And the best part is that this passive cashback is generally speaking not treated as taxable income.

Hi there Mindy hows it going hopefully fantastic , Im a new member and  been tryin to grow my real estate business hear on Bigger Pockets  and loving it hear, a few moments ago I received a message that Im being banned for spamming Im trying to understand how because Im in the middle of doing business with an investor from Dallas when I was cut off do to spamming can to help me please thank you so much stay blessed and great success 

Keely, I would like to take a moment to address a few points that were in your comments on Bigger Pockets.

I'm not buying at the moment but some of your observations are somewhat consistent with the general process we observed.

It's a "what can you do that is really hard" real estate market at the moment; STRs are no exception.