As for the equity, you could always pull some of that out using a line of credit that enables you to invest in other markets.

My kids (14 and 15) are working at McDonalds and making almost $2,000 a month which would enable them to afford a $700 apartment on their own, or they could roommate and afford a small house together.If I want to live in Cody, I need to earn enough to afford it.

I did end up sending someone because I don’t want to deal with her whining but it might be my being so attentive that enables this behavior.   

The more likely situation is that you are have a decent paying job that enabled you to purchase that house in the first place.

The HELOC is a favorable rate and would enable potential re-leveraging as a down payment for a new rental, investment property or additional income producing unit (ADU) to the existing home.

@Malikah Planas one additional consideration to add - you pursue partnerships a LLC may enable easier accounting.

Why continue to enable him with more bad decisions?

I put together the following simplified process, which will enable you to quickly eliminate locations that will not meet your passive income requirements.Note: As long as you buy in a location where rents and prices increase faster than the inflation rate, appreciation and rent increases will correct all but the worst mistakes.

The way I read the platform instructions, I would have to enable "Professional Hosting Tools" in order to manually enter the County Tax of 5% so that I did not have to take it out of my nightly rental revenue. 

You can also enable access to documents like RECR - most agents don't seem to know how to do that, maybe some want to hold that back, but I think that is silly.