Buy, own, hold, and manage.

Yes, my mom would pay rent; or rather, I would be paying it but for purposes of the analysis I'm just assuming a regular tenant.

Investment Info:Condo buy & hold investment.

Buy-and-hold for the win!

@Mike Sather I haven't used them but the issue would be still having to have a hold deposit in case they commit and then bail. 

It doesn’t hold up well and gets dirty.

Add to that when you put <20% down, you're going to have PMI on top of the regular mortgage payments.

“You give me the 20, I’ll give you the 3, then I’ll give you the 17 later and to let you know that I’m legit I’ll let you hold on to my Yogurtland punchcard with 7 punches on it in the meantime.

This time, she agreed, and the sale finally went through.This experience reminded me how seemingly minor items can hold enormous sentimental weight.

However, government officials, pandering to populist sentiment, hold landlords to standards and responsibilities far more restrictive than any other business.