@Kaye BranchHello Kaye, I don't know about the neighborhood you are talking about but I have lived in very rough neighborhoods in my life. 

You are asking complete strangers to make a judgment call about someone you have known your whole life.

There is more to life than the 9-5. 

I guess I would self-manage and basically just not count any of my managing as an expense when reporting my business taxes (thus increasing my total taxable income but not having to pay SS/Med tax)But then what happens if I don't pay a med/ss tax for the next 40 years of my life?

I already do that in various aspects in life - helping others without expecting anything in return.

The dishonesty comes from the long trail of lies extending the life of a deal you never intended to complete in the first place. 

But I've cleared enough poison ivy to develop a very bad reaction to it, and I am occasionally exposed to it as part of this life of running rentals.

Hi everyone,I'm new to BP, lived in Houston all my life.

Sounds like a typical day in a landlords life .

Everything in life has a price; thus real estate in the Bay is expensive through the nose while it’s cheaper in the Central Valley and elsewhere.