We are in a safe community, so tenants can choose to leave the door unlocked or hide a key under the mat.

You can throw that $550k into an annuity (or similar) and get a decent (and very safe) return.

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That $2M would be worth $100K on a safe 5% withdrawal rate at that time.

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My community is safe, and yard signs are a great way to advertise my business.

Bought it as a safe bet thinking it would do roughly $35k annually in short term rents.

I likely would take a safe approach in my underwriting and value it with the quads then subtract 15% off the total.  

I really see Columbus Ohio as an extremely safe bet for the next 10-20 years.

., your tenant stops paying, you're still in a relatively safe position.