(in terms of pros and cons).You can also use rentals to provide additional borrowing power if your rental currently cashflows from a tax perspective.Hopefully that helps your scenario advance forward in terms of what to ask and think about.

Buyers have significantly more negotiating power.

But the few requirements pale along side the power of using all of the profit and depreciation youve taken and use it to buy new investment real estate. 

Inspection was schedule for today but when the inspector / my realtor arrive the power is off. 

The power of leverage will make you very wealthy in a much shorter time period with RE.

Quote from @Warren Powers: The problem I have with this is that I see no advantage for a successful property owner to participate.

To learn more about which one may be best for you, feel free to send me a private message.Old Town North: An Unused Eye Soar Transforming into a 2.5 Million Square Foot Community CenterThe GenOn coal power plant, which opened in 1949 and was shut down in 2012 due to concerns by residents about local pollution, has occupied an unused 20-acre lot in Old Town North for the last 12 years.

I'm trying to really understand how much time the turkey companies are saving me, and it's hard to say. 

Knowledge is power, especially when it gives you different options.

My mother is very interested in learning more about the power of real estate and how she can get in the game.