The market/media perception of this is so skewed it boggles my mind. 

I wonder if 10% is so commonly used because people are looking at 10 yr time frames and not 30+?

The problem is that there is so much!!

Hello investors,  I am Canadian and our housing market here in Ontario is so unaffordable the numbers mostly don't make sense as rentals.

Reach out to an Investor focused Agent like the ones on BP and also join REIA Facebook groups and post what your Buy Box is so agents, investors, wholesalers & others can send you what they have that fits.Best of luck!!!

California though is so expensive that I want to try to create more streams of income with more properties.

We send a 5-day notice and she ignores it as well as my texts asking where the rent is.  So

Also have to wonder is\f the OP has been advised that the unit is so old and in such shape as to be unrepairable and needs to be replaced, and is sending in a line of repair persons until she finds one who is willing to try to repair it; but it hasn’t worked? 

This is why it is so hard for W2 earners to claim. 

I understand they need to increase fees, but their fees are now higher than others and their payment time is so much slower with stripe...