Is the water meter spinning wildly.

You tell your municipality you are growing a wild meadow to support the pollinators. 

My golden male bit 3 people the  Shepard ONE  and that was someone who walked into my home unannounced dog came to the door like she always does the lady screamed and turned and ran and got bit on the butt.. just that flee chase reaction dogs will have.. and lately with two chiwawa's  both long haired.. the white one Cujo bit numerous people and me all the time..

You don't necessarily need to find a distressed deal, but it helps if you can find an estate sale, short sale or a little old lady home. 

They aren't the king and this isn't the wild west.

The moment I hit the send button, my phone rang, and a lady stated she was from Realtor.com and got my enquiry about the property.

The rents could vary wildly between $1200 for a far-flunt 2br unit that hasn't been updated to $3000 for top of the line in a killer location. 

It is a bit too big to rent, so not sure it makes sense to hang onto it - but I do have a VA loan so that might be useful, if I can reuse that for the 4-plex.Wife-unit will not be wild about this plan either - although, she does get the whole tax aspect of it. 

But they are all independent contractors and I think their thoroughness varies wildly.

And yeah she really doesn't trust agents (again, older lady) but I think she might get to that point.