Its a lot of work and stress but cash flows a nice income. 

I personally stress way too much when all that $ is out there.

If it's 2-3 years, I wouldn't stress much about $1,000 out of pocket turnover...

I don't need to know everything right now, and I shouldn't stress out too much on this potential meeting.  

Congrats to you guys for making it through, we always joke if we can do this together with the stress etc. we can do anything and we are actually getting married on Saturday.

This business is a lot of very hard work, sleepless nights, stressful, uncertain.

So Im thinking that sounds like a relief to not have to stress that my contractor will uncover a costly issue when Im just getting into this business and every $ counts...

@Joshua Dorkin Laughter goes a long way in this stressful business!  

Unless rents are extremely low in apartments in an area you'd be comfortable renting in with a teenage daughter, you may end up in a tighter situation than you're currently in when considering repairs, moving costs/stress, potential for future repairs with tenant in place, and liquidity to get a tenant in place.This could definitely be a time for creative solutions like taking a withdraw of principal from a ROTH IRA, or good old-fashioned elbow grease with a second job or freelance work for extra liquidity to get you to a more stable arrangement for you and your daughter.From one father to another, you will find the way to make things work and take care of business: it's what we do.

Sorry to hear about all the stress.