Hope to feel out the current tenants who seem alright so far (fingers-crossed) and slowly make improvements until tenancies end in a pandemic-free environment so I can upgrade the units with a cosmetic overhaul and then bring in the refi appraiser.

And the North Shore I can't quite put my finger on.

Personally, I wouldn't rent out my pool because:(1) liability - as a former insurance professional, liability is always something I'm concerned about, and pools are a big source of liability concerns.(2) me time - I enjoy my privacy and don't want strangers in my house, let alone my pool, but also I actually use my pool a lot so this might not be too much of a concern to others(3) safety/accessibility - if I'm living at the location where the pool is, then that means people will have easier access to me, whether that means knocking on my door during their pool party to ask questions or voice concerns, or seeing my home which may put me/my property at risk in the future if someone less savory or with sticky fingers happens to be renting the pool. 

I went to New York City for five days last week... didn't have to lift a finger on my rentals... no calls, nothing.  

@Jonathan Johnson I just went through the process of becoming licensed and there's a lot of "start up fees" such as test fees, new licensee fees, office fees, pre-licensing course, finger printing fees, realtor dues, marketing expenses, MLS dues, continuing education requirements, ect and let me tell you.. it all adds up.  

This home is not out of the period yet so I'm crossing my fingers it is still available.

Fingers crossed!

We shut off the valve and looked at the damage – the leak seemed to be stopping and I crossed my fingers that it wasn’t too bad.

We've just recently put an offer in (waiting to come to an agreement, so fingers crossed everything goes through!)

I will definitely be more prompt next time this happens (fingers crossed it doesn't, but that seems hard to imagine after my experience thus far.)I've done a load of research throughout this process, but have still learned a load more from bouncing things off the Bigger Pockets community.