Read it for yourself and stop letting your tenant push you around: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySectio...The reason you have difficulty is you let your tenant walk all over you.

Difficulty in finding tenants is directly related to what kind of properties you are buying.

I am almost 55 and still have kids waiting to go to college so saving will be a little more difficult. I

However, you will need skin in the game at least 60%,of the ARV. 

Hi Bryan,It's very rare that you would be able to put down 0% on these deals as lenders like to see that you have some skin in the game (worth giving a try though).

The only part that is “difficult” is cutting in, but also you cannot skip steps.

In other words...people that don't have enough skin in the game to even cover the deposit. 

Without commenting as to the ease or difficulty, passive or active aspect, here are a few commercial deals I’ve made outsized profits on in fairly short periods of time.  

Moving forward we are exploring possibly combing households due to the large size of the property and the difficulty of upkeep but there are several questions/ issues that need to be addressed so it does not put either of us in a compromised position.When her husband died a friend paid off her mortgage due to it going into foreclosure ( 210k total).

The two downsides to syndications are the high minimum investment and the difficulty in finding good sponsors and deals, but you can solve for both by joining a passive real estate investment club.