you buy a property for $50,000 keep it 20 years and sell for $200,000, but to replace it with an identical house you have to spend the entire $200,000, what have you gained.Capital gains taxes to some degree as now structured is a tax on inflation which the investor had no control over, and a devaluation of the dollar purchasing power due to inflation..

Remember you don't have to own a property to control it.Good luckPaul

Remember you don't have to own a property to control it.Go to IREM.org search for ARM certified property managers call 5 ask them what parts of the city they like/dislike and why.

I firmly believe in nailing down all controllable risks, within reason.

A couple other options would be section 8 as well as looking for non rent control areas/buildings with major upside in rents.

Remember you don't have to own a property to control it.Good luckPaul

She finally has gotten it semi controlled and is just no trying to sell and get out of it...

Remember you don't have to own a property to control it.Good luckPaul

I owned or controlled several hundred homes in the inner city at one point and I watched a lot of my single mom renters so well...until they lost a job.

Remember you don't have to own a property to control it.Good luckPaul