Peter,It sounds more and more like my "duck" will be served with sweet tea [down south].

She is a really sweet younger girl and this is the first time I've had problems although she normally sends the rent late.

It's a higher end unit, and had I correctly priced it myself from the start, it would have rented quickly, as it did once I finally lowered the rent to the sweet spot.I eventually used a realtor to find a tenant, and the first applicant they brought (through another realtor) had a theft charge on their background check.

If she wants it all without the work or sacrafice, you have a difference in maturity and likely conflict.My former wife is a beautiful, sweet woman and has no interest in investing or wealth building.

They might be making good money, but never left this place that was a sweet deal.

I had no idea Russel, that's a sweet business model for Zillow though.So basically, the only real way to get true information would be to send an email to my agent, then he contacts the listing agent, then listing agent contacts my agent, then my agent contacts me...  

My thinking was this: I knew I could get booked as much as I wanted at my sweet-spot price on Airbnb.

Me personally, I find my sweet spot in the $80-$110k price point, you can capture a quality tenant pool, at the end of the day it will boil down to condition of property and management.

I found out that might be more sustainable and economical to build than buying very old house. however 1% is very good measure that would put on the right track, but I am trying to do better than 1%. also keep in mind what is the sweet spot for your market, for instance mine is 3b/2b. your real challenge is to find a builder to build cheap quality house for rent not for flip. for sure your cash flow will be very low, but you would save in taxes and very low maintenance on the long term. must plane to hold for at least  5 years after that you can sale or keep them as you investment opportunity telling you. let me know how to goes with you, I am in the same journey. 

I'd recommend trying all the local vending businesses first and hopefully you have price dexterity as they have sweet credit deals with manufacturers already.