If you are just looking for principal protection assets you can do a lot better than empty houses, if that's what you are doing. 

@John Underwood what would you say was the key factor is making your LTR cashflow so much? 

Wanted to still be close to family but maintain a cheaper lifestyle, still have strong appreciation, and much better tenant/landlord laws, taxes, etc. 

Phoenix is better.

Good market or not so much thx 

I finally fired them and my property is SOOOO much better.

This is obviously much better than $1,400 per month.On top of that, you will now get 2x the depreciation write-off so your taxes should go down.On top of that, you will now get 2x the appreciation when real estate price go up.On top of that, your tenants are helping you pay down the loan, initially at about $100/mo for both properties, which gradually gets better and better.On top of that, you now have more units so if one or two goes vacant, you have more renters covering the losses of the vacant units.If you want to keep these properties, I would do a cash-out refi and go buy more rental real estate.

You indeed have to spend that much money.

Huntsville long term will get a better % ROI than Atlanta.

Would you be better off just writing VRBO a check?