Of course, there's some risk to it, as with any other investment.

Of course, take this advice with a grain of salt, as everyone’s situation is different.I would encourage you to keep pursuing this with everything you have, but also reinvest the profits from your flips.

We have very little vacancy other than the night in-between guests, but that's a lot of nights over the course of the year.

Of course blaming me, complaining about other people, talking about her medical issues and son and how they need a place without stairs and need to move, and on and on.How are other landlords handling this?  

Some gurus have one side of the business with employees that find properties for them, called “acquisition specialists”.

Par for the course for them I suppose.

I also read daily and attend RE investor training courses regularly. 

Of course you had to be a fairly high volume closer like we were.. u cant just be a one off investor.

Investing in your local market is, of course, ideal, but it can be out of reach for many first-time investors.

Of course, I understand about the smaller jobs.