Managing five rentals can eat up a ton of time in any given week, often at times that are inconvenient to you and your personal interests (family, hobbies, travel, etc.).Of course you can manage on your own.

They paid their portion of the rent.I have found a lot of investors bring their personal or political feelings into the investing conversation. 

I 100% agree with the intent aspect and that is an important premise, but the fact is in this particular situation intent for it to be personal use has been confirmed (by way of a public post).

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

I have a salt water hot tub at my personal home.

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

I had the initial call with a PadSplit sales person, but I wanted to talk to somebody who's actually doing it to get their perspective and advice.

Can confirm Joseph is a real person 

We're based in Tampa and, in addition to personally investing, I own a mortgage company that provides financing for tons of investors.

Whether the seller was open to a buyer commission or not, I wouldn't put an additional cost into any personal purchase.