I believe that because the lines can get blurred if you aren't careful, people have to be self-aware of whether they are treating landlording like a business that emphasizes friendliness, approachability, and kindness as core values of their business versus people who are friendly, approachable, and kind but also happen to be landlords.

@April WhiteMy CPA paid for himself the first year six times over versus the taxes we paid for the returns we filed the previous year.

Is it worth rethinking what your needs versus your wants are for the next home?

also how is the risk correlated with the size/state of the syndicator..meaning a very large investment company with a lot of employees versus a smaller operation

Updating an out of date, but in good condition, kitchen will not provide the type of return that I seek.You need to evaluate the value of the property in its current state versus the value of the property in a rehabbed state. 

Then you need to look at that versus operating cost to run the numbers and see if they make money or not.

Versus being chained to a desk for the next 20+ years.

I would wager a guess that we spend less on discretionary spending today than we did three years ago.

The information in the BP books and such might be a lot more reliable and from more reliable sources (versus the forum posts and blogs and such), but I know of a couple really sketchy names that have been podcast guests on here.

I have found it is more important to have responsive service providers, versus saving a few dollars.