As I continue to grow my portfolio, I'll want to eventually diversify a bit into other strategies.

Do buyers have the legal authority to give the tenants 30 days notice to move out immediately upon the deal closing if they don't want to continue having them as tenants?

Multi family 2-4 units are good to start with as you can leverage the income into another property and continue doing so over and over again.

He is continuing his contracting business and I reactivated my brokers license here.

The fact that the male continued to help with the rent after he left is not your business at all.

If the islands can clean up quick I think we will continue business as usual. 

The most recent data show that record momentum continues for the residential rental industry especially for the short-term rental industry, with year-over-year bookings now exceeding pre-pandemic levels.The complexity of the problem hinges on the definitions of “short-term” versus “long-term” rentals for tax purposes.

For those four years that I had the insurance loan - the cash value was collateral, so the actual cash value in the policy continued to grow.  

I've thought about property mgmt. but I'm having a problem deciding on whether or not giving up 10% of gross income to cover the cost of mgmt. is worth more than convenience of improving the proximity of another location closer to my primary and easier to continue managing myself.  

The main benefit is continuing building that equity.