I am not sure you would lose tenants if you don't put them in.

If you go this route, you'll want to make sure you budget for furnishings.Some folks are venturing down to Pueblo if they want to go the LTR route, but in that case, you may not want to self-manage given the distance.Finally, while it's understandable that you don't want to be losing money every month, don't lose sight of the long term gains from appreciation. 

@Brandon ElliottIt does not make sense to get 12% and pay 10% as you will lose money after taxes….To answer the question about private lending - most do it because they are tired landlords and not necessarily due to funds they have but wanting to be more passiveI would want $250k as many of the lower dollar loans are very risky

If closing is on the 24th of June, then they are close to having to lift the conditions or they risk losing their deposit.

If it’s making less than $33k/yr you could make guaranteed from a bank cd you’re losing there.

Win or lose.  

Or the landlord had jacked the rent up since it was an arbitrager and didn't want to lose that extra LTR income. 

and thus losing money.hope this helps

Really…You sound like a disgruntled property manager frustrated with losing business to homeowners who prefer to manage their properties themselves.

If you try to go over the whole list, you’ll lose the attention of an average person and they won’t remember anything!