Also, a few big law suits w deaths and lack of regulation in people’s homes and all of a sudden we realize it can be dangerous to have highly unregulated ‘hotels’ running out of people’s homes.

It's been quite a journey watching it grow from a quaint, friendly research network to the massive, almost un-chartable - and certainly uncharitable - entity it is today.That I understand, perhaps if you had mentioned pin wiring boards, O's and 1's, punch cards and a duplicator, magnetic cassettes and two pole switches I could have followed you, LOL.Uncharitable is an understatement, BP is pretty civilized, look at some survivalist sites and you get death threats, LOL :)

I suggest, if you must do something with this property from some emotional attachment that you buy it and hold it, allow equity, real equity to accumulate, enjoy the cash flow, turn it over to a PM if you don't want to LL and sell it years down the road.

Best to get the actual expenses and charges from the horse's mouth than off forums.Oh yes, I bet Joel can beat this one to death with endless possibilities. :)

They will have all the excuses including hospitalizations and deaths in their family.

Evicting renters after my mom's death was hard! 

Given national news over the years concerning injury and even many deaths resulting from defective decks you'd be wise to handle this situation promptly. 

Most folks are still deathly afraid of Detroit.

In Minnesota, it's not required to disclosure hauntings, deaths, etc.

A transfer to the ROTH IRA may (but in this case may not) could activate UBIT (unrelated business income tax)(4) In case of death, the ROTH 401K and the ROTH IRA appropriately transfer to the beneficiaries and then the appropriate RMD's begin (which requires a fair market appraisal on an annual basis).