Quote from @Kyle Rader: Help me out We need more information than that to effectively identify your struggles and pain points.

Would you mind taking this 8 question survey to help me understand your pain points as an investor? 

I also wanted to point out that we don't disappear on anyone after they purchase the Guide.  

It would also be painful to move all my units to another platform that syndicates with Zillow, without removing the risk that Zillow may decide at any time to drop any given platform .

on the other hand, ask them to allow you to test and clean rather than them give a hearsay appear and disappear story.

Florida has been painful because of the insurance.

I do need to look closer to the airport since that is near where my husband's job will be and would love to reduce his commute which is currently a pain in the butt here in CA.

The initial budget was around 50k but we quickly saw that disappear when everything created a new problem.

It pains me to say this since I have been an appraiser for a long time. 

if you're willing to put up with the pain and inconvenience - moving every 1-3 years, living in the smaller / worse units, DIYing things - you could have a portfolio of 5-20 units in 10 years, just by using your house payment.maybe the house you have would be an OK rental.