While you shouldn’t categorize all tenants and it’s the landlords responsibility to properly screen, the tenants who reside in better situated housing and pay higher rents are more financially responsible meaning lower rate of rent loss and will generally take better care of the property which combined will result in less time allocated towards management functions if self-performed or more favorable management fee structures if 3rd party management companies are utilized (which ties back to #1, as well).

Have you paid their standard fee (or beat them up to lessen it further) or a premium to cut the line when updates or revisions are needed?

With the amount of losses you have had it might be a good time to try and offer a Cash for Keys deal for the tenant to move out and just cutting your losses while there is uncertainty about what is going to happen in 2021.

And I don't know anyone more tied in to the corporate housing market than Elaine Quiroz.

Now you have 4 homes, $160,000 of equity and all of your cash back vs. the one house where your $50K is still tied up.

They will under cut and do whatever to squeeze 3rd party sellers.

arbitrage is not a short cut to owning property.

Most wholesaling firms will make an agent put their commission on top of the deal so why would your investor do that when they could cut you out of the deal.

There used to be some landlord seminars for Dallas Housing Authority ever so often, so that might be a good place to ask if they are still doing those.One thing to think about is if Section8 might be subject to the DOGE cuts?

@Ryon PaxHave you considered cutting some of your personal expenses to pay for the HELOC or find another way to generate added income?