This way you will receive more useful and quick responses. 

I love the can-do spirit of this website, but encouraging this is reckless.Get some experience in UK buy-and-holds before attempting it on the other side of the Atlantic. 

Im on the same page as the others saying to use leverage and grow more quickly.

However, hearing you say your kids own rentals but went on to work for a company that they really like is encouraging. 

You can quickly find this out by asking how many sellers she has represented through closing. 

Curious as to how everyone evaluates the true benefit of a property, to include the benefit of depreciation, etc based upon tax bracket etc. 

However that infinite return can quickly become very small once you actually have to put some of your own money into the deal.

Thanks for responding and the encouragement .

Once they leave I would put a big for rent sign outside so that the ex will know that they are gone and not start problems with the new tenants.Aggressively market the property and quickly get new tenants.

When negotiating with them go over some costs and point out everything that is wrong to encourage them to drop in price