I'm fine with doing some minor fixes and improvements to a property: Adding overhead lighting/fans, better flooring, maybe redoing a main bathroom.

If you’re renting an apartment building to mostly Section 8 tenants, the main difference from single-family or smaller multifamily properties is scale—you’re dealing with more units, so you’ll need solid systems for maintenance and tenant management.

In fact, the model isn’t designed to bail out distressed owners—it’s meant to provide liquidity to stable, cash-flowing properties where the owner doesn’t want to take on debt or sell outright.For a successful property owner, the main advantage is flexibility.

But that also depends on your down payment- putting only around 20-25% down is hard to have a profitable STVR.Ultimately with STR v LTR, I'd be mainly curious about your intended use of the property. 

Of course, IRR matters too, but you get a better IRR when you leverage as well, so that doesn't strengthen the all cash argument.My main point, if one is to be taken, is that an all cash investor should really look at their expected ROI.

If I was looking in PG County, I think Hyattsville and College Park would be my main targets.

I currently live in San Diego, Ca. but have been looking in the midwest, mainly Iowa, Indiana and Ohio, for properties. 

Mainly because if I used that metric alone I would not have done my last 10 successful flips. 

I could easily train virtual assistants to handle these payments and have an app created for encrypting sensitive data for facilitating the transactions through financial service partners from my main line of business.

But it’s clear you’re a smart investor who knows the long-term benefits real estate can bring.I keep reminding myself why I stick with real estate: you can make money every month in four different ways:Cash Flow – Passive income to live on.Appreciation – Long-term property value growth.Depreciation – Tax benefits that reduce your taxable income.Tenants Paying Down the Mortgage – Even if you’re paid off now, this is one of the biggest wealth-building tools for leveraged properties.It sounds like your main struggle is the stress of active management—and trust me, you’re not alone.