Or go to the local casinos, if you just want to gamble your money away.Think.  

Any casinos around?  

@Sue Kelly, you're a treasure!

I have been doing it for years and have a treasure of info about market rent, deposits, utility treatment, PM's, owners, pet policies, average stay, and empty days.If I were you I'd aim to have two months of mortgage payments liquid, and a plan for how you can quickly come up with two more months if needed as a safety net for unexpected repairs, lost rent, etc.  

I didn't know what we were going to do after I lost my whole paycheck at the casino....er, I mean......."

But I see other seniors in my building with gambling problems (lots of Indian casinos around here), who smoke cigarettes and/or pot, who spend their money at the local bar, going out to eat, buying new clothes, etc.  

But, you'd be amazed at how someone supposedly broke finds money for new cars and cigarettes and the casino, etc.  

., and the only reason they are broke is because they blow all of their money at the casinos, and on cigarettes and going out to eat or to the bars, etc.If you go ahead and raise her rent to market rent, she will cope.  

Feel free to jump in the community here and also take advantage of the treasure of knowledge here.

That's why I short-term "treasure hunt" for hidden values on raw rural SnoCo land, instead of going long with residential.