But we invested several years of blood sweat and tears to get things stabilized and learn the space before we turned them over to property managers. 

Then later as you grow older and no longer want to share your space you can just stop renting the other bedroom.

This amounts to lost opportunity because if you had purchased RE, at the closing it can start producing return. 5) ADUs detract from the existing structure whether this is privacy, a garage, or just yard space. 6) this is related to number 1, but there are many more buyers looking to purchase homes for their family than there are RE investors looking to purchase small unit count properties.

I then decided to modify my criteria to look for deals that were 50+ units and found that I had much more success in that space because most credible bigger buyers aren't looking at deals that are smaller than 100 units. 

Sometimes the tenants are coming from shelters or other communal type of housing where maintaining a space my not be solely there responsibility so maintaining the unit may not be to your liking. 

A friend of mine recently got a $2M umbrella policy for around $300 annually by bundling it with home and auto insurance; it’s worth exploring.Out of curiosity, are you primarily investing in residential properties or venturing into commercial spaces?

Most current foreclosure starts today, do not end up going to saleWhile not an exact correlation, housing foreclosures vs foreclosures starts, the few foreclosures that complete under the present circumstances, makes it very slim pickings in the foreclosure space. 

THE VISION: With 130 units and 8 buildings plus a wedding and event venue, our vision includes revamping this space into a dream hotel.

I also use the CRMs built in email to send out 8-10k emails spaced out through a couple of days.

Are you renting the spaces through AirBNB or VRBO or only the word of mouth thing?