Best bet would be a “partnership” with a monied individual looking for a high risk/high return passive investment with you providing the “active” part.  

(Not as part of my consulting business, just as an opportunity for me to learn and perhaps build a relationship?)

@Dustin Horner you should be contracting maintenance work and creating a preferred list of vendors as @Phillip Austin has recommended.The first person you hire to help you should be to handle what you LEAST like to do yourself or has the greatest time savings for you!

@Andrew Lanoie I apologize for my remark.But our investment is 40 times the monthly payment.

Now purchasing a home with cash is always good b/c obviously cash is king but also I think the part you might've missed is that, the money your utilizing on these home's won't actually be yours, but the banks or whatever institution you used to fix the home or make its value worth more.

Part or all of the rent is covered by the US gov't (take that as you will).

@Ryan Swan, funny you say that, I just used all of my votes on that one feature last week, which kind of sucks because I wouldn't consider that an "enhancement" as much as just a total whiff on Buildium's part.  

As part of the sale they take $500K in cash boot. 

I managed and listed several properties in Canton, and have spent a lot of time down there as well.

Since part of your property is a rental, I believe a portion of your mortgage interest should be a tax deduction unlike your other debt.