Gravel landscaping becomes a giant litterbox and you have to put on some gloves and pick it all up by hand. 

For everyone else... when getting a roofing job estimate, make a single page overhead printout of your house (google images or whatever) and make sure the contractor clearly indicates on this document all sections to be included (even if it's a giant circle around everything).

When I collect it's giant pain and I have to organize maintenance.

Without that fragmentation, every Tom, Dick, and Jane would own houses and you would get terrible returns.

I wish to stand upon the shoulders of giants because that is where I will buy my freedom.Thanks Again!

., attending local RE investing groups regularly, being in the area for one reason or another on a semi-regular basis, etc.).Ask yourself, if you had a couple of months where you had to go there every weekend for some issue, would that be OK or would it be a giant PITA you'd want to avoid.Just trying to put it in perspective.

Thanks @Deanna McCormick and @Dick Rosen I am happy to hear that my hometown state is  landlord-friendly.

Rich Dad, Poor Dad -KiyosakiThink and Grow Rich -Napoleon HillAwaken the Giant Within -ARobbins

Dick,I use that statement, "offer is contingent on buyer's..."

I also saw firsthand the GIANT shadow over these previous communist controlled countries.