Quote from @Josh Otero: Hi BP community, I know you've got some crazy tenant stories and I want to hear it.I'll go first:1) I was managing a 5 story apartment building and a dog fell off the 4th floor balcony because of the owner not paying attention.

Hey @Alecia Loveless I applaud your efforts and think it will pay off!

What are all of you seeing as far as tenants, and paying rents?  

Every where you turn there are STRs going up on the market fully furnished because they couldn't pay the mortgage and bills with the rental income. 

I never got the consultation, but was politely told my portfolio is probably too small to pay their annual fees (starts at $2500 and goes up).

Ask your employer if you can have your pay split up into three deposits, one to investments savings, one to your checking account for personal use on a daily basis, and one to an emergency account you can tap into so you don't have to tap into your investment savings.

I pay professionals for help and can do basic tasks on my own without free labor. 

The prices in the markets we looked at i.e. troy, Schenectady and Albany all had great prices and rents were inline but kept coming back to "what if the tenant doesn't pay". 

Meanwhile, bank money market paying 7.5%. 

The goal is to slowly build a real estate portfolio and get to a point that I can eventually sale my business.