I'm thrilled the property has now almost doubled in price with great rental income coming in.

If the investors aren't thrilled with their PMs, reach out to new ones through internet search and ask for references.

To me, it is speculation or gambling.

Being part time to start (I had another business I ran) I gave myself a year to get things going and was thrilled to close two in month 9 and 10. 

You will tend to find that, absent oil or gambling money, states with higher income taxes end up with lower property taxes, and states with lower income taxes end up with higher property taxes. 

Some owners instead of gambling on the premium  that’s possible with individual leases just lease out the whole 4 bedroom unit at a slight price break. 

Riff Raff, whiskey, gambling, prostitutes, con artists, and other shady characters run gamut when the refinery is doing major work.

So is data crunching - as an urban planner, I love using those skills in conjunction with Census data (and I'm oddly thrilled about the new Census this year) to track trends in demographics and real estate values over time to spot areas that are likely to see short and / or long term growth in both cash flow and equity. 

I’m not thrilled about a few things on second thought. 

I'm not thrilled about a few things on second thought.