If it's a larger organization, feel free to inquire about their different staff qualifications.2.

Austin rents have not kept up with the sales prices/taxes/insThere are some exceptions but not many without larger down payments.

Picking the right property, unpaid rent, evictions, rental unit damage, etc.But for me, my number 1(outside of property choice) was choosing and managing my property managers. 

One of those 5 moved to one of our larger houses that came available, and all the rest bought a house.Vacancy hasn't really been very high - 6 weeks in 4.5 years - but the annoyance factor is huge.Other than that, I think what has cost us the most is taking too much time getting the house ready to rent when we first purchase it.

I'd like to have a bigger downpayment if possible vs credit for larger monthly payment.  

My wife and I made the choice to start investing in real estate and this first duplex was a simple easy way to drop our living expenses to start saving for bigger better deals.

It is larger than rent for the duration of their lease term remaining.

Rent larger home, use cash to rent a smaller home/move to retirement community (disadvantage: less community of older folks; advantage is we can continue to own the home but make money off of the rent payments; but now we have to manage new renters)Basically asking if anyone has experience moving to a retirement community, and what the optimal move is with our current real estate assets.Where could we talk to similar people in this situation?

But if I were in your shoes I’d weigh a few different options.  1) you could refinance your existing property and pull out a bunch of cash and use that to pay for additional down payments. 2) 1031 exchange into a larger 5 plus unit. 3).

It's a multiple choice test.