Now, I'd like to start investing in SFR's and small Multi-family rentals to help secure our retirement.

If the tenant refuses to admit it, you threaten to put in a video security system monitoring the doors.

With the lack of movement in our area, it's hard to say whether its worth securing the funds to carry the property through the Winter in the hopes of the market improving in our area and us finding a buyer.Josh - Feedback on the renovations we completed has been positive, with the main suggestions being that it should be under $2m, that the ceilings are low on the ground floor (8ft) and some of the guest bedrooms are a small for the price point. 

Venmo and others don't offer email reminders, rent/security deposit receipts, easy tracking for rent collection, or streamlined process all in one place. 

We can finance the build which we find is ideal for the bank doing the construction loan, they just take us out when the modules arrive onsite thus relieving their headache of how to secure their loan to a non-real estate module sitting in a factory somewhere.Feel free to message me and I can help you analyze this further.

I make a decent living off of my regular job but like I said have to back up for the rainey day.

Since then he has mostly bought apartment complexes and has never lost any money and talks down about owning less than 32 units which usually allows you the chance of hiring an experienced Property Management Company to handle the daily operation that includes the screening and maintenance and you just manage the managers and get regular (once a week) financial statements and you still have positive cash flow.

I didn't think i could successfully pull off the "non-owner" ruse with having to remodel the unit and updating the tenants on a regular basis. 

We ended up withdrawing an offer because we want to be more secure before doing any of this.

People that have Section 8 are regular people just like you and I.