He rented SFH in high end neighborhoods (Palo Alto) with high walk score and rented them out per bed.

So who is stepping into his place, the son?

Before that I was a builders assistant and property manager (small operation).I’m questioning if I may have jumped in too soon before considering the time, money and sacrifices this would take…I have a 2 year old son I’m currently home with, childcare is insane and frankly I don’t want him in daycare full time.

My son is going to college and will live on campus.

When we were shopping for our first cabin in the Smokies (had never been there and lived 8 hours away at the time and our son was in ICU) our agent not only helped us find a cash flowing property but also steered us away from what could have been a flop of a deal.We are currently fly u set co tract with our second property with them and are looking for the third (if that tells you anything).Also if you use their agents, they provide a complimentary back end training support program where you will get training and tips from the best of the best in the industry.

I did another one 2 weeks ago and got a service call last week and a referral to the lady's son, a real estate agent in the area and her neighbor.

They are smaller, lower maintenance and the tenants we have in ours now are either single women (w/teenage son) or a couple with no children.

@Amy LeonardYes I have a 15 mth son...he is a handful but the love of my life!!!!

Or as my son says, "be an optimist with low expectations" :)I like the flexibility of both approaches - and the 3rd approach of "just pay the taxes". 

At our house (which we owned) our son and his friends along with some others we didn't know would practice Freestyle Motocross tricks (back flips, etc. they were pro riders) One of the fathers of one of the riders was also a personal injury attorney and he wrote up a liability waiver that we had parents sign, or the riders if they were adults.