That said, while I think a great mentor is extremely valuable, Michael, we have hundreds to thousands of members on the site who came here because the quality of education that they got from a crappy mentor or guru wasn't worth a pack of gum.BiggerPockets isn't the answer for everyone.

Hey Quincy,I know this can be extremely frustrating. 

do some odd jobs--plenty of contractors are looking for help...start a lawn care business (extremely popular right now), work for a company that's involved with real estate such as a property manager, title company or hard money company (F-Street is often hiring) or a real estate investment company? 

We have used over a million dollars from investors in the past for individual deals, but ever since launching the fund it has become extremely hard to raise money compared to past deals, but we changed our terms to be more favorable to the LP’s. 

Go to Etsy and search for "rental property tracker," and you will find hundreds of nice spreadsheets to track 10-20 rentals, usually for under $10.Software has extremely helpful features like online payments, marketing syndication (click a button, and your property is advertised on multiple sites), electronic document review/signing, maintenance tracking, and owner reports.

Appreciate any insight into the matter, if I can make it work it'll be a phenomenal property in extremely desirable lake location.

With extremely low rates and high rents it was possible to just buy a few properties and basically use them as an ATM to fund your life and quit your job.

If mass layoff's happen on extreme scale as your saying, that would be a VERY sizable recession economy.

The consensus, not surprisingly, was that we are in uncertain times but there are certain societal and market fundamentals that make residential rental property, aka SFR and BFR, extremely attractive asset classes, short-term, mid-term and long-term.

Address shared space, private space, quiet hours, guests, animals, laundry, refrigerator, dirty dishes in the sink, noise, odors, and more.