Our landlord, on the other hand, never hears from us, we pay rent on time, and we keep her place clean and maintained nicely -- it actually looks way better now than it did when we moved in, because we've repaired crumbly wall sections, spackled holes/dents, touched up scratched doors and floorboards, de-stained the linoleum, replaced cracked lightswitch plates, power-washed the patio, washed the blinds (the landlord didn't, there was cat hair embedded in them from a previous tenant, which by the way the landlord wasn't aware of anyone having a cat, LOL), etc.  

High maintenance people are not a protected class :-)The wife was showing a property on Friday, the house needs to be pressure washed, but you have the problem of getting the water turned on etc, and in these circumstances we are upfront with the tenant, if you take the house, get the water turned on before you move in and then we'll jet wash it, no problem and give you $5 for the water we use.It's just easier to do that.

Lots of deferred maintenance, not major things, but stained asphalt shingles, gutters need replaced, brick building need power washed, a couple of the fascia and soffit boards need replaced, all trim needs painting, ugly amateur ceiling repair where leak occurred, missing drop ceiling tiles in bathroom, no landscaping.

So my mortgage payment on that would be a wash from the rent that I would be getting.

In the end it could be a wash in price, but just more time lost for you being where you are at vs where you want to be.

Passiveinvesting.com is an operator in multifamily, self storage, build to rent and car washes. 

Most specifically I have been checking out car washes . 

If you're current on your mortgage and financially solvent ( you mentioned you owned other homes with equity ), you may very well be denied for affordability or potentially be asked for contributions or a promissory note.

Would have replaced some missing boards on the fence and power washed it and painted it to pop.

So I grab water from the neighbor to wash the fridge .