I say every day, "we have our own personal and business problems we have to deal with and our tenants don't worry about us and they don't offer to pay more rent when he have a disaster like when a unit is flooded or when the wind blows a section of the roof off".

I know some people like Joe V. are advocates of flipping once you double your DP, but I’m needing some taking points to convince my partners why it makes the most sense.

But I can tell you that is perfectly safe 99% of the time unless there is a facility malfunction resulting in a catastrophic failure (blowing up).

We also delegate landscaping to a lawn company for $60-70/month for mow and blow service.  

Self limiting beliefs.Self limiting beliefs are a very large barricade to you achieving big things and achieving your vision and then proceeding to blow it out of the water and moving onto the next one.It is very easy to be frightened by your next goal, and you should be to some degree because it should be bigger than the one that you just completed.

If you want to soften the blow, I recommend you determine what market rate is by finding comparable homes that have recently rented.

So here's a hot tip - if you want to go blow your horn telling everyone how great you are, start a separate thread, instead of looking for other people's posts as an excuse to wax rhapsodic about your extraordinary talents.

Let's play devils, advocate, here.

All of this requires time which can and should be broken down into milestones, which can serve to "soften the blow 1-2 year close the developer is looking for.

The buy side is hard, sell side never easier.OBTW, watch out for the few teachers advocating buying subject to and immediately selling on a wrap mortgage.