There's a lot more compliance, regulations, and other protections that many brokers do not feel comfortable hiring just anyone. 

Get out of your comfort zone.

If I don't feel comfortable I also give folks a chance to get a cosigners.

What about tenants that don't have smart phones or  aren't comfortable using mobile apps? 

In fact, in that mastermind group, I connected with a lot of high-level investors and that’s where I got the confidence to start investing in Costa Rica with partners that I met in that mastermind group.Your brother gave me some good advice of how to run a debt fund, which was super helpful.With regards to the lease option model, I feel super comfortable with it and I’ve done enough to see how profitable lease options are and I would say they’re much more profitable, and require a lot less effort once you are used to them, than any other type of real estate I’ve done over the past 15 years.I posted some numbers above that showed the difference of doing a partnership model or a debt model.

We comfortably could use the cash flow but could probably survive if reduced by half but only as long as have our tenant at the primary residence.

My property manager I don't think has a chance to relax, but she does have systems built around her to free up the time when it comes to regular maintenance and rent collection. 

A primary residence will most often provide more favorable loan terms so if you are willing to wait one year while you living in your new property and are comfortable with renting out your primary residence to a tenant, then getting something such as an FHA loan is a good strategy to minimize your upfront costs and hopefully get better loan terms.

They are too close for comfortable game play.

It’s an economic asset for us, but also a place where we can relax.