You note that she sustained property damage as a result of a leak from a pipe.

My goal is buy and hold for sustainable rental return.

And I agree with you that it's worth having a long-term tenant (especially a great one) in place at below-market rent, rather than frequent turnover to sustain market rents

Will the area sustain that?

Is it sustainable, who knows but the workforce is certainly growing.

When you speak to realtors and they tell you that prices people are paying and return on investment aren’t sustainable what does that tell you???

If that house was worth $170k and it jumped to $250k, those games will be given back, so the amount you will lose was in that property won't be $30k to $50k on a daily cycle, so the $12k you make in a year will be blown apart by the loss inequities you will sustain.

I think I might be paying too high rent to sustain a profit through the winter with less travel and all. 

Build a business and a life you can sustain in lieu of a business that if you get hurt or take a vacation you lose a lot of money.

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