Stay liquid and build cash.The holds that will allow you to retire and put your kids through school are def not these first two.I price out hundreds of DSCR loans every year. 

Many users in this forum set up "keyword alerts" and you should too to stay in tune with the strategies, markets, or other discussions that come up that are of interest.

For my business, outsourcing helped me stay focused on client relationships instead of being bogged down by admin tasks.

Frankly I think too many people try and "automate" everything with technology that they complicate things so much that it is hard to manage.Remember you will get older folks staying and they might not want to try and use a tablet.I agree with Michael. 

The roofing company want to rent the house and will do all of the renovations while staying in the house, as workers from their company will be staying there. 

It is in an enclosed gate area that can only be opened from inside the fence so I'm leaning away from using it as storage space while I have other guests staying there.

It is your property and the buck still stops with you, but for the most part you’re responsible for managing the manager & making sure all interests stay aligned.

Staying local would make capital the limiting factor where my restrictions out of state would be additional research.

We don't allow anyone to stay even a day late. 

I don’t know why we didn’t get that vital piece of info in our initial meeting.So my wife and I are extremely relieved .She says she will stay on as a courtesy and if things come up it will just be an “ hourly “ rate for emergency type situations or basic boots on the ground necessities.We really like her enthusiasm and positivity and she is great at communicating and seems  sincerely empathetic to our situation.