With regard to giving a tenant leeway, its very short sighted to evict a tenant with a VERY strong track record for a VERY small shortfall one month, especially when they have been communicative and given you what sounds like a reasonable explanation as to what is going on.

Also, as I am in CA, it would be impractical to be "boots on the ground" for an extended length of time to visit properties and  attend numerous auctions in person.

I was able to secure the deal with him for $105,000 then, a few days later I used  Sean Terry’s real estate retail buyer program script he intermittently gave away during his explanation video.  

To keep up with relevant advances, I read numerous publications each week.

For numerous reasons we decided to sell, and received at offer from the Church that was one of the occupants, for a price equal to appraised value.  

If you're applying for a Conventional/FHA/VA/ or USDA loan, then they will do a "global cash flow" where they take into account your PITI (Principal + Interest + Taxes + Insurance (hazard and flood) on all properties (second mortgages included), HOA payments, car payments, student loan payments, credit card payments, and installment loan payments in the numerator and your gross income in the denominator.

The other 1% are constantly reviewed by licensed Realtors, large wholesalers spending $20,000 monthly for marketing, numerous platforms and services selling leads, fix n flippers, syndicators, investment funds,  and “opportunistic” buyers such as myself with millions of dollars in cash to close any discounted deal in less than 48 hours, if need be.  

I'm one year into being a landlord, and I loved it for about the first six months--in spite of numerous challenges.

I'm not saying it always turns out bad, but there are numerous issues that can arise that are not worth the arrangement.

Ive been to HPD Section 8 office numerous times in person telling them all the incidents and all they seem to do is defer me to housing court.