The local provider may be able to tell you what "common" issues occur that they would cover vs your HOA.

By all accounts, pre-paying a mortgage should not have worked as well as it did, and yet it was one of the best things I managed to accomplish even though it began purely by accident.

Rent increases occur yearly and are not significant.

Personally, I think it’s quite unlikely that the Biden administration would allow a 2008-like default crisis to occur; the political wounds from a tidal wave of defaults would be nearly impossible to recover from in time for the 2024 election.

That is when I realized that there had to be a different way to go about things.I had a pretty tragic car accident happen a little over last year.

There is a clause in the purchase agreement pertaining to casualty loss proceeds will be assigned to the buyer but the damage occurred in July & the purchase agreement was signed in November.

And if you look around on the crowdfunding platforms that cater to individual investors, it's no accident that is mostly multifamily (and, until recently, retail) product.    

It was sort of by accident - eXp was the only model that worked in my area (Florida Panhandle) as a part timer. 

The government will most likely want to clear themselves of the winter before allowing a mass of evictions to occur.

Also, start attending meetups now (or as soon as they're occurring regularly in your area).