If you find a good provider I think it can provide you about 8-10 percent return over the long haul.  

If you let the real estate bear some of the burden and leave her a greater percentage of her income for personal spending, vacations, toys, etc I'm sure she will be much less against being the only w-2 earner. 

I've had folks ask me to buy their old homes just to haul them away.

Is there any chance you'd want to keep it as a short term rental for the long haul?

All change goes into a jug to save up over long haul.

Its used for hauling materials all the time .

Currently we have none but were toying with the idea of giving back $50+ per lease renewal with ever increasing amounts for multiyear renewals (i.e., 2nd renewal $100, 3rd $150, etc).

If you need help with some aspects of your rehab in Big Bear, this FB group has a lot of willing folks and is more focused than the buy/sell groups:Big Bear Side Jobs | Find handyman, cleaning, hauling, moving help & more.Also, if you are interested in feedback on local management companies, I'm happy to discuss.A quick searches on FB groups for Big Bear demonstrates significant amounts of dissatisfied customers it seems.One caveat, I learned that dissatisfaction with management is fairly common among tenants and owners.

They have been maintenance free for me for the most part.Usually if there is something that needs to be fixed it will be an appliance that you can purchase at homedepot/lowes with free delivery and installation and they will haul away the old for an additional fee. 

Unless, of course, you don't plan to be around for the long haul...https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/colossal-fail/Below is an excerpt from an article in Pension & Investments...Wall Street investment firms with real estate management subsidiaries created the strategy of co-investing to coax wary investors into real estate portfolios the firms had bought through the Resolution Trust Corp., a federal program begun in 1989 to liquidate assets held by insolvent savings and loans.The idea of shared risk with managers gave investors comfort and worked to draw them into these investments, explained Ted Leary, president of consultant Crosswater Realty Advisors, Los Angeles.