I bought a condo in Florida that rose in price during the 1.5 years that I lived there.

My favorite quote of all time- "Don't take advice from someone you wouldn't trade shoes with."

The vanity, which i picked up from home depot, was the option i went with only because I had "tried to put myself in my potential tentant's shoes" and thought that with the small size of the bathroom and no medicine cabinet where would my tenants put their bath things and would the rental be less appealing without any real bath storage.

Put the shoe on the other foot, you worked hard to own property that you care for and a renter is now subleasing without your permission. 

As another example when half the houses on the block are in foreclosure tough to look at your property and see roses and sunshine.

What would you do if you were in my shoes?

(Unless you flip homes for a living)Pending Home Sales Slump As NAR Warns "Activity Has Essentially Stalled"New Home Sales rose in May, Existing Home Sales dropped in May, and today we find out that Pending Home Sales also tumbled in May... so that's 2 down, 1 up - not good (especially as mortgage apps are tumbling in June)This is the second monthly decline in a row, but Pending home sales are down 2.2% YoY - the 5th straight month of annual sales declines.Home sales fell for the year in all regions YoY, but the decline in the last month was concentrated in the South, while the other three regions reported MoM increases.

If I was in your shoes, I would start going through the Biggerpockets podcast and webinar archive and finding episodes that our geared towards beginners and the tips for networking, building a core group of contacts, and learning the fundamentals of finding and analyzing deals. 

If I were in your shoes, I would dig deep into the numbers and try to understand how the asset can reasonably perform in your market.

If you were in their shoes, you would be trusting the past landlord's reference and wouldn't want to end up with a bad tenant.