The police love to claim it's a "civil matter" so they won't have to spend time and energy on it. 

Stop hanging out with your deadbeat buddies who spend all day drinking, talking sports, and otherwise wasting away.

Otherwise would've just kept 100% control and invested in real estate or index funds myself.

Which gives me much more control of the money/asset management than just leaving it in the market for alot more years.

They usually spend one day going through the property checking everything for a couple of hours and move forward.

I know you mentioned doing STR, but then you need to spend another $10k+ to get it furnished.

Keep in mind rent control is 1 thing, its a laws for existing tenants but some city's like Newark are so strict that you must get approval for what rent can be even after a tenant moves out and new ones move in. 

There is only 1 guarantee when you buy a property - you are about to spend a pile of money.

If you are setting aside funds for capex, taxes, insurance, or other expenses that don't occur monthly, transfer those funds to Savings each month and hold them there until it's time to spend them.

I would also try to minimize expenses through decreasing cleaning costs, installing smart tech like a thermostat to control utility costs, etc.5.