It’s time to look into home owners/rental insurance.

I did buy a website which was expensive and produced nothing, still trying to decide what to do with that sunk cost.

Get a HELOC, which is possible but more difficult to find on a rental property, and is much easier and cheaper for an owner occupied property.

In neighborhood it is very important to present your self to the home owner next to you, this helps a lot to prevent misunderstandings. also this shows your professionalism.

I had not heard of the corporate housing by owner site.

When we looked at what his cashflow is currently, and then considered what he would net out of a sale post tax, he decided to keep owning the properties.

I have made my own list of leads as well with some properties that I find vacant, probate, tax lien. but have only helped an out of state realtor on a deal a yr ago. and 2025 I would like to have the right people to go to with questions and or properties when I talk/find home owners that are willing to get rid of the property as well. 

With an 8% mortgage rate, they would pay more than $650k in interest.One major problem for both buyers and owners beyond mortgage rates is the rising cost of property tax and insurance.

Good points.I'd add square, level, plumb - license, insurance, bond - using permits to follow codepointing out problems the owner doesn't realize they have that are serious. 

If you decide you need to hold the property it makes refinancing either impossible or expensive.