I was invested in multi-family, but like ss much better because it's just steel and concrete...the tenants can't damage it and no one ever calls me at 6am complaining that their child flushed a toy down the toilet like you get in multi-family.

Note to self - always go with a larger company who will be around for the long haul.

The kids were grabbing toys, playing with them, and tossing them around, leaving a messy trail wherever they went.

In other words, the person with the most toys, wins... not the person who paid the least amount of tax.

Another option we've toyed with is saving to buy our next primary residence in a few years and converting our current home into the long term rental.

Dave is a pretty smart guy and at his age levering quality RE for the long haul a good plan.

Like Jim said, when everyone else - who presumably are good tenants -  see him packing up his crap and leaving or being hauled off by the sheriff, either way, they will understand you mean business.

This morning I hauled 3 truck loads of trash out of a recent vacancy because no one else could do it on short notice and the cleaners were scheduled for this afternoon.

Do you have  a While Life policy you can take a loan out, although I’m totally against them.Do you have paid off cars or toys you can hock?

Once I chose someone, Vitudesk set me up with a manager who would assist me in evaluating the caller's performance, making suggestions to improve results, and monitoring the caller's screen time.Sometimes, it can take days or weeks to find someone good, and it can take months to find someone who is good AND is in it for the long haul.