Or you need to sell.That is really a lifestyle/personal decision, not an investment decision.It sounds like management is the vast majority of the problem.

My plan is to do rehabs until I have earned enough capital to begin building a rental portfolio that earns enough true passive income to sustain a comfortable lifestyle(matter of preference).

I'm very happy that I found BP and I'm looking forward to my investing lifestyle!

My husband is active duty and we have done well turning this life style into an amazing investment platform.We are buy and hold investors who invest in class A properties self-managing from a distance while working full time.

I'm a fairly finicky investor as I'm a big believer in lifestyle design and business automation (ask Frank ^^^).

@Ali Boone , @Charles McNelly, and others have talked about lifestyle design, and how it fits into their real estate investing - or should I say, how their real estate investing fits into their lifestyle design.

It seems like the strategies used may fit your lifestyle with your busy job.

Here's my lifestyle and financial breakdown: I'm 22 and have just survived my first year teaching high schoolers all about the Krebs Cycle and mitosis.

I'm only 14 and have no real experience but I have to say that BiggerPockets is getting me closer and closer everyday to achieving the lifestyle of my dreams.

Fun fact: The last time California voted on full legalization (I don't remember the prop number), Mendocino (probably the largest grower county by volume) and Humboldt had the LOWEST percentages of yes votes of California counties, mostly to protect the prices and lifestyle up here.