You get good deals on properties when you can take problems away from tired sellers.I think we had those tenants for roughly 4 or 5 months.

To search, I've a link off of my profile to a short instructional PDF I wrote up (I got tired of explaining it) about how to search the commercial site www.LoopNet.com (which is the Zillow for commercial properties; 4units are commonlyconsidered commercial). 

So the point: enjoy your slum-druglording, however expect a lot more grief if you do not consider the neighbors, the community, and the tenacity of neighbors tired of being treated without respect to fund another person's little RE empire and cash flow.

Everyone who uses the tired cliche that tenants pay the rent should try to call their bank when the house is vacant and try to explain that when the mortgage payment is due!

At this point I am so sick and tired of "managing" the PM that I've decided to self-manage myself.

We love it when a major company decides it wants to be proactive about ensuring that anti-discrimination laws are followed.I tired to rent an Air bnb in Hamilton Montana ( one that i had previously rented ) for a june Salmon fly hatch trip..

You don't want a flat tire or blown transmission or busted water heater to make you get behind on mortgage payments. 

(you can find how much suspended passive losses you currently have on your IRS Form 8582 - which your CPA is likely not giving to you and in that case you should get a new one)PS - I am not an CPA or attorney but I became financially free doing this for myself after 10 years working as a w2 engineer :( and I am sick and tired of seeing highly educated and hard working professionals getting stuck in the rat race because we deserve financial freedom and the option to do more with it.

I was so tired of the garbage PMs I had hired, I just put a plan together and handled it myself. 

  $350K may be tight but $500K should be able to get you some place that's worth kicking the tires.