It takes some extra knowledge, planning, and timing, all of which I was able to bring to the table and get him in the unit on time. 

With the house hack and baby you may need the extra cushion in the bank.

When potential tenants try to "bribe" you with advance payments or extra rent, they're trying to hide something.

I've done quite a bit of rehab in my rentals, and now that I have some "extra time" I'm looking at trying a flip.

AnImals suck too but Atleast with a dog you can get extra income .

I've reached the point where I am making a nice living and have some extra cash that I'd like to invest outside of the business (while still investing in the business).With all of that being said, I'd like to make my first jump in to real estate, but just can't decide how/where/when.  

GL on finding someone for the extra level construct. 

An extra >$600/month/unit in rents seems a bit crazy to me as this might be closer to $150k/year NOI (again, need to look into the NOI a bit closer).

I'm guessing that's what people said in 2008 and then got burned. 

@Patrick Frairei feel like i suggest this in every rentback situation, however, it may not work as well in this situation, but have you considered twlling them to leave $5-$10k in escrow with the stipulation that it be used to evict the tenant if you arw forced to evict. if you give them some extra skin in the game, they will come back and help get her out in a year