Put that $80k in the bank, get paid $350/mo in interest and suddenly renting is cheaper and you don’t have to pay for any repairs. 

Multiply these calls times the hundreds of wannabe investors in Phoenix, and suddenly it becomes a daily occurrence and those minor inconveniences of getting phone calls really starts to compile.While the FTC is a joke, individual lawyers aren't.

A few weeks into the tenancy something strange begins to happen-- I am suddenly hearing very alarming arguments between the two of them from next door (which is saying something as noise does not find its way into my house easily).

If an expensive market is experiencing growth, you will see prices surge.

Until just a few years ago you could retire early and suddenly develop health problems depleting your savings.

If you were in most of the other highly developed countries in the world, you would likely have a variable mortgage rate that would suddenly change on you when interest rates change, the Mr.

All of a sudden they are wanting to “re-discuss” the lease because the neighbor’s dog barks a lot and they play music in the middle of the night ie 2:30am until 5:30am quite often - week days, weekends, it doesn’t matter.

These are not guaranteed to work and my PM still makes them go through a background check, but this does help eliminate a lot of the foolishness that comes with a Sect. 8 tenant that looks good on paper and when you meet them,....but they also happened to forget to mention they have "baby pit", they only smoke outside, and that their boyfriend who has 2 kids of his own all of a sudden has started living there because he "needs a place to stay.

Be super careful if you aren’t able to make these mortgage payments out of pocket if no rent comes in or a large capex expense “suddenly” comes up. 

Going with them delayed my taking action in RE as i suddenly felt like i needed to get a PhD in asset protection and corporate structure just to get started.