If people think houses, or other assets, go up linearly then I am at a loss for words. i was on a cruise last fall and my wife made friends with a lady in Art Class and it we had dinner with  her and hubby.. turns out hubby was on the Board of American homes for Rent... they own about 30k homes.. they morphed from buying from others to building their own.. and then when rates rose they stopped and are just treading water at this time.. at least thats the report for that company..

Plus got tickets to the ballgame and dinner :-)

This usually involves going to dinner once or twice and visiting their properties if they happen to have something in progress.

So who in the area is having more luck than us and wouldn't mind a few free lunches and dinners on us to pick you brains.  

Having just been licensed in MA, I've been looking for local meetups and investor events and I've found this one so far, a real estate investors networking dinner in Downton Boston on 10/15: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/boston-real-estate-investor-net...The event is free and I've registered for 2 tickets for my partner and I.

I'll be in town for a week in October and would love to meet face-to-face over lunch or dinner if anyone is available.Looking forward to connecting!

And in all cases this for us is a combination of our amazinb cleaners and handymen.We have found most guests are pretty understanding, and if it's something that impacts their stay we will give them a gift card for breakfast or dinner with an amount that reflects the amount of the inconvienience.True emergencies are fire, flood, or blood.Hope that helps!

@Ben Stanley I stayed up late after dinner & spent weekends on my computer, scouting neighborhoods and attend RE investing events.

It's best to do this around dinner time when life is the most chaotic.

One distinction that has not been brought up, a legitimate service animal is there to provide some vital service for it's handler therefore is never left home alone while everyone goes out shopping, dinner or sight seeing.