That's just life.We had a situation where one tenant had been living at our property for years with several other tenants below them over that time period. 

Regarding next steps, I agree that the best way to approach this would be to have one person act as boots on the ground and the other person handle the back office related items.

I've not yet invested in my first property, but I plan to purchase my first one by the end of 2023.

Are you seeing any emerging trends or opportunities tied to these lifestyle improvements, such as increased demand for certain property types or neighborhoods?

I started listing the homes one by one as they became vacant, and we were doing okay with getting them sold - in 2012, that was no small task.Jeff called me one day and asked me for CMAs on the next few properties that would be coming up.

Another thought - are you considering an FHA loan on the next one?

I have one tenant who is a god send compared to most, he accomplishes nearly ever repair I need, even did an HVAC unit. 

I'm out West at the moment, but will probably be returning to Tokyo before too much longer.At the risk of being contrarian, after picking up a couple of investment properties in Japan (one Tokyo, one outskirts), I shifted to a strategy of only investing in the US. 

We probably would have renovated the main house also, and turned that one into an Airbnb if we had really thought about it back then.

We actually had 13 insurance claims from that one storm.