Managing afar is def do-able but have a friend who is OCD stop by there once a month or every other month to get physical eyes and NOSE on it.

After six years, that's one entire month's worth of free rent - or a whole security deposit- accrued right under your nose! 

Plus, the banks clearly got bloody noses in the court of public opinion due to foreclosing’s and they know it.

The problem is its small business/commercial and you pay through the nose.

Of course, we’re not conventional lenders.Even though they have no issue with charging you out the nose for every fax and phone call, some conventional lenders might also get upset if you pay them back quickly.

All that being said: Why are you cutting off your nose to spite your face?

I poked my head in and there was this guy with tubes running into his nose just laying on the couch.

I feel that using thw 2 types of income together I can continue to grow both and have them work together synergetically.While the thought of going full blown RE investor seems alluring and sounds great I think at this point I would be cutting off my nose to spite my face as I have great medical benefits, great 401k with company match as well as other Corp. benefits that I am not ready to give up yet.As an example: by maxing out my company 401k , this year (I believe the max is 17,500) which I am able to do, due to my supplemental RE income) I am able to reduce my taxable income by that much allowing me to be able to claim more passive losses on my Real estate income.

FOLLOW UP.Just don't be like the majority of the agents who are just sitting around, picking their noses, waiting for the phone to ring. 

I see/hear people "snubbing their noses" at homeowners that are defaulting on their payments because they just don't want to pay for something that doesn't have the value of what they are required to pay for.