Hi Esther, I personally as a property manager in Los Angeles have a process when it comes to tenants not paying rent.

Explore my personal favorites, Set For Life by Scott Trench or The Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey, for invaluable financial insights.3.

The challenge was balancing the relationship between landlord/tenant and a personal/friendly relationship.

Do you have personal experience with these?

the only thing with that is protecting future landlords.. but then again thats a personal choice..  

I purchase my personal investments to maximize their equity and hold long term.

We will shop for used appliances where we can when we need one… or pick up used cabinets if we can, or search eBay for something smaller,  but going to the extreme of personally shipping something big in internationally for one-off renovation needs seems like a stretch of reasonable.Just like you mention, the number of unknowns would not seem to be worth it to me.Just my 2 cents.Randy  

Avoiding accessive PM fees (personally I recommend most people self-manage)These will eat away at your ROI.

Are you interested in S8 because of a personal reason or you think it's the next "hot" investment idea?

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