You can be on the middle, be understanding with people in case by case scenario, if you have a long term tenant that is good and may have a sudden medical problem you can workout something with them about rent being late, but remember that if you don't charge for rent you are giving money away so see how important that is to you, can you afford to donate money to them?

Because of refinance requirements, not including appreciation which is MUCH slower on multi-family properties, I need to wait for appreciation of $106k (difference of FHA loan [$386,000] vs conv loan [$280,000] as investment property of $400,000 purchase price) or add my own cash to that for 70% LTV if I refi at $400,000.

(selling medical devices) so I'm trying to get into real estate ...

I have switched over to Cozy and although they are a little slower than Rentigo by a day or two, but all the issues are taken care of. 

It's a slower route to becoming a real estate guru, but it will ensure your long term success. 

They just had the countries largest addition of apartments, the higher end houses seem to be moving much slower. 

The plumbing works, just slower than you thin k it should.The more important question:  why didn't you cancel during our extended inspection period, if it was a problem for you? 

Might try in the medical district. 

I'll say this, if I didn't have rental income, along with medical benefits and compensation from the VA I wouldn't be able to do this full-time.

Perhaps a few more details will help further. my wife finally completed her 15+ years of medical training and is a trauma surgeon making Really big girl money.