That is the exact thing I'm trying to avoid.I don't want to be dependent on making money via active income for that long of a time, I want PASSIVE income.

I have been doing my own taxes and have a large amount of Passive Activity Losses from my rentals, don't want to mention the specific number but it's a lot in the thousands.

Jim,Are you thinking of buying an active STR?

The STR loophole can help you offset other active income.

If you don't like the idea of giving up control, being an active investor might be better for you. 

Then I would focus on either the active side of investing with finding deals and providing value to other investors, with the possibility of partnering with them on a deal.

Send me the active, pending, and last 6 months of sold duplexes in my area.

BRICS is rising, growing, being pro-active and the US is doing what..... coasting on yester-generations. 

This area and all the house band needs to be invasively inspected by a licensed general contractor to locate and repair the source of the moisture and any decayed woodThe crawl space had evidence of high moisture levels in the form of mold growth and some fungal activity.

If you sell, unless you put the money towards another income producing activity, then it stays stagnant and loses to inflation.