@Bruce Woodruff points out you can lose all your money and more. 

It's not only the money you'll lose, it's the time you spend (I figure worth $100 hr) and the mental anguish and stress.

so he has an initial negative equity in excess of $100k.so -$100k / (a very small cash flow when properly allocating for expenses and vacancy) equals years before there is any cash flow.  

You don't want your calendar blocked at all, you may lose a booking from someone else.  

You may lose 1% (in expectation) from being out of the stock and/or RE markets for those few months, but that's less than you are going to lose making a hasty decision.

., mobile homes often lose value over time unless they are situated on owned land) and tenant turnover.However, tax advantages include depreciation deductions, which allow you to offset rental income by writing off the property's value over time, and cost segregation, which accelerates certain deductions.

If the deal goes south and you have next to zero money in the deal, selling a short sale or walking isn't as risky for you since you aren't losing much.

So while I have family nearby I want to minimize excess wear and tear because 1.

The PM vets I know will all confirm that you lose much less by lowering your rate of (monthly) rent than by missing an entire month of income! 

I wouldn’t go there myself… you lose a lot of control, your house will see a lot more traffic / damage.