I sent one final text today reminding the tenants that today was the 5th day and they needed to pay today or vacate.

So you might just consider the 5-8k sunk cost into enjoying your home and getting it ready for the next tenant. 8000/24 is $333/mo, which is really not bad for personal "rent".Good luck!

@Richard Sherman one unit recently vacated and needs renovations and the other unit same scenario but has a tenant scheduled to move in just after the holidays.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/xwnw30cmjx32is1/Vacation...Cheers!

If I had a work trip or a vacation I wanted to take, I'd pause renovations and go do that and I was always able to ask my friend to come over to help me.Those are luxuries you don't have when you are renovating something on a timeline to get renters in ASAP because you have a loan note to pay.

I come back from my birthday vacation to check out the progress of the home, sure enough they went with a completely different style of tile and did a staggered design rather than the stacked I had asked for in both bathrooms.

They told me i had to wait for the person who handles delinquent property taxes to get back from vacation..

While it was not always the case, I actually enjoy it.

Online only companies have actually been expanding into brick and mortar stores.Additional research has shown that younger demographics actually enjoy getting out and going shopping in person versus online.While online has it's place it is NOT taking over brick and mortar.

But if you choose to buy a house, buy the one you want and enjoy owning it.