You will not get the thrill of the chase but you will also not have to deal with toilets tenants and trash and all the burden that comes with that.If your goal is to continue to have some involvement in management, then I would pick a very well-placed expensive Airbnb cabin, and I know of two cities that are perfect for this, and I would set up a management system to run those.

Bottom line is my wife and I want to do right by our tenants, but we also made a decision to treat this like a business as we set out towards creating financial freedom.I would love to hear what anyone else would do in this situation (should an attractive offer actually pan out).

Home flippers: any advice on what brand toilet to purchase + price range one should go with?

For example, I can redo a bathroom with tile floors, toilet, vanity, paint, and basic tub with a surround for $1750.

I would always prefer the 10x $100K houses under professional property management (just to counter the kitchen and toilet argument) because it is a form of risk mitigation.

Spent three weeks between purchase and first rental making repairs (new toilet, fixed windows so they would open, etc.) and painting and added new appliances for modern convenience.

I've talked to the local appliance shop that it was purchased from and they said it is more than likely caused from misuse or incorrect care there examples were dropping some thing, sudden change of temp by placing a cold pan on a hot burner, overheating the glass, ect. 

I just remodeled my duplex (new floors, trim, doors, cabinets, appliances, garage doors, paint, bathroom vanity/sink/mirror, toilet, closet doors, etc.).

It sounds to me that they were not careful with the glass top stove and put down a heavy pan that cracked the glass top.

A 5% vacancy is  the same as 1 turnover every 20 months. 5/100=1/20. 4units*$1000=$4000/20 months = $200 per month and that doesn't cover clogged toilets, broken burner or leaky faucets.