ID some specific ones you like and get to know the owners.Maybe branch up into the commercial apt space if you are ready mentally and financially. 

The people who have the mentality to skirt the laws aren't going to suddenly perk up and say "oh, this new regulation was passed so I better stop being a slumlord".  

Not so much as for my health, but in order to get a VA loan.

If the cabinets are in decent health, painting the cabinets can make a world of difference.

Even if you don't have kids, there is health care, which can be one of the biggest challenges for early retirement.Also keep in mind that the bloggers who retired early make more money now telling their story, then they made while they were working.

Funny enough, she is an attorney and I am a financial consultant for health insurance co’s.

@Au Jia If you have the knowledge already it is more of a mental hurdle than anything.

. – A North Carolina man has been charged with abandoning a pet fish that authorities say he left behind without food when he was evicted.News outlets report that that New Hanover County Sheriff's Office arrested 53-year-old Michael Hinson on Wednesday and charged him with one count of abandonment of an animal and three counts of misdemeanor cruelty to animals.Officials say Hinson was evicted from his Wilmington home last month and left behind an Oscar fish in poor health in a dirty tank.

Granted, the heavy mental stress of running the kitchen (kitchen employees are a strange, rare, exhausting breed) really wears me down... but I was ok this time last year and cranking forward. 

Gotta be careful, mold is a health hazard.