A lot of people will tell you, and they are right, when you do a small down payment, finance, and str the house you should be happy to break even and have a vacation house that someone is paying for you.

He's got a lease at below market rent.Better to charge full rent and pay for his services AND only do a MTM lease in case you need to part ways.One last thing, 10 doors is way too small of a property to have on-site management.

REI areas of interest (what I like learning about and may take action on):Small Multi-Family AND converting SFH to multi-familyFix and FlipBuy and Hold long term or mid-term rentalsBRRRLand Flipping and Land EntitlementsModular/Mobile/Tiny homesForeclosures and Tax LiensAbout Me: 40 yrs old, married, working mother of 2.

Can you find a local portfolio lender from a small bank or credit union.

I would look into buying small businesses.

Me and my wife have saved up and then unexpectedly received just over $200,000 selling a small business we stared a couple of years ago. 

That's going to dictate who you might market to and what the pricing should be.I have 2 units, the upper is 2 bedroom 1 bath with a potential small office.

We deal with a small local bank.

I'm in a small market of 10,000 people. 

I previously 1031'd smalls into 2 bigs by design.