We had 20 golden tickets to our name, and we used them all to buy the properties.

@Beth Golden absolutely!

These periods were the golden years of economic growth.

If it truly is turnkey, you're not dumping money into it yearly to fix things that should have been fixed initially by the turnkey, and you're cash flowing/returning what you want, then you're golden.

If you got a deal that you like the numbers on and it will make you money and help you achieve your personal goals, you are golden.

Hard to find but once you do, you’re golden.

With all of that being said if you find the golden goose that allows you to Airbnb the property , you can definitely benefit from cleaning it yourself and not charging a cleaning fee which will make you much more competitive and attractive to guests.

I had two properties, I am a CPA and Realtor, and I had worked on large commercial REITs in the financial services space so I really harped on "I havent done this before but these are the things I HAVE done before" and when I sent over deals I ran the numbers conservatively and basically tried to make them "no-brainers" and served them on a golden platter to try and be easy to work with.After I got through the first one, the HML said if I found another one where the numbers worked he would let me do 0% out of pocket.

It's definitely a personal choice and if I can leverage my assets for additional cash flow that pays my monthly loan payments I'm golden.  

Yes, the Golden rule.