However, a lot of concerns can be mitigated with looking at their past rental behavior in a lot of different settings.

The only thing I would add to this is if you leave the company, check with benefits as the loan from your 401k may be due in full.

Yes, this is my concern.

I also stuck about $10K into renovations leaving me with $46K.Feb 2023 - Our second property was an upper and lower that we had to put down around $50K on. 

Hi Dean, how much did you really leave up to your property managers after purchasing a home when looking to scale? 

First thing is NEVER feel concerned of hurting someone's feelings or ego, your reviewing to employ them, that makes you the boss doesn't it?

I also always keep my rent increases in line with the local market, so sometimes I'll have tenants threaten to leave sometimes, and once they do their research they realize that it wouldn't make sense at all to find another property and end up paying the same thing.

Do your homework first - then you'll be ready for a more meaningful conversation with a landlord.Best...Thanks for your response. so I have researched the rates and I understand that screening a tenant is crucial. mu biggest concerns are the carrying costs until a tenant is filled as I’ve heard the process can take up to 3 months to find a tenant.

People have to remember that the seller finance space fills the gaps that the banks leave behind. 

Second, I let the tenant know I know their criminal history and tell them to leave.