Wait. let me try to paint a picture for you.If you were blindfolded in the middle of a city and randomly picked people BLINDLY, you would have FAR MORE chance of getting a motivated seller compared to targeted lists.WHY?!

Hey all,I am in the middle of my first rehab (for LT rental) and want/need to lower two decaying chimney stacks to a safe height above the roof. 

Personally, now that I’m middle aged the thought of continuing to share my living space with roommates has lost its appeal.

So I'm middle aged.

I work with dozens of investors who have done 1031's into the souther/middle part of the country where the price points are much easier and the laws are more friendly.

Cash flow works on an inverse with risk, somewhere in the middle is normally the best place to start.  

And yes, I think largely what I wanted was to never have to deal with the middle of the night call.

Just trying to make sure it isn't called due right away or in the middle of the term as then we'd be scrambling to figure out how to pay it off when we both agreed to be on a payment plan until the balloon payment at the end is due.Seller finance makes sense in where I'd essentially be the lender collecting monthly payments until due.

I think there exists a middle-ground between high-end and what is referred to as lower-end (student or housing also referred to as section8).If  you talk to people that do nothing but high-end they say they get good-great cash flow now and if you talk to those investing in lower-end they say the same.

I think you're right, the lack of control is probably going to be your biggest emotional hurdle.There may be some middle ground that softens that blow up.