It required the seller wanting to sell to us and decide to be willing to owner finance 75% and coming across a group of siblings looking for a 1031 that we were able to partner with.

I have had better results direct marketing to owners in my target areas & negotiate for seller financing.

I've been running the numbers on my first primary residence that I will be moving out of in June.  BLUF -  this would be my first rental property and I'm on the fence about what to do with the home.  I currently have ...

The proximate cause of the leak was physical damage to the water line, I suspect underground if it was in fact irrigation, and thus maintaining and repairing is the owner's responsibility anyway.3.

What they did not realize is that if you want to sell the property after purchasing you first need to perform a quiet action title to clear the title or else the previous owner could potentially come back and attempt to cloud title.

The REI world is full of advisors who have their own pet solutions for problems and they tend to develop tunnel vision around them. 

Quote from @Raj Patel: Added commentsMixed Use: - Longer vacancy times - To get a tenant, you may pay a LOT in TI (Tenant Improvements) - You may be less likely to get in a lawsuit, but if you do get into one, you may be in a fight with a sophisticated business owner, not an unsophisticated individual. 

@Alexander SziklaI would disagree with LTR tenets having more of an owners mentality than STR’s.

I work with hundreds of gas station owners and operators each year.

It's a little hard to understand where you say "the owner needs a steady income" who 'the owner' is.