It’s true that you should be more diligent with vetting tenants - cash flow is great, but a destructive tenant can burn through it pretty easily and put you in the red.

While the stock market is on the roller coaster, getting people to invest in real estate right now is just as challenging or even harder for passive investors to invest in real estate.

Cheap is expensive is a saying you hear which is true.

Hello Kelly, House hacking is alive and well and yes depending on what market you are in it will be challenging to acquire something that will allow you to live rent free.

This is particularly true in California.I recommend finding a good attorney with a LOT of experience helping landlords with evictions. 

I'm all about protecting the innocent, but how do you know if the claims are true?

The soil here was clay so the digging even with excavators where they could use one was challenging. 

I work as a part-time CFO for several real estate developers like yourself and help them through similar challenging times.

Challenges?

If you are still very prone to analysis paralysis, turnkey might be the better first choice as a BRRRR is likely to present you with more challenges and decisions to make.I don't know you well enough to know which will be best suited for you.If you have a good team you can rely on for the BRRRR, that will always get my vote.