., it seems to be a fine tool.But if you are a real estate investor with a few properties to track, it's really painful.

We tried outsourcing it for the first couple years and it was an absolute disaster.It was a painful process bringing it all in-house but we got there.

It's a pain to hire people, it's a pain to train people, turnover is a pain, leasing office space is a pain, etc.  

It is the only house we own, and it is obviously a pain to manage.If we sell it now we will be at a net negative on the whole thing, but won't have to mess with it anymore.

Because of the 750-hour requirement, it’s unlikely that you’ll be able to qualify as a real estate professional if you own only one or two properties (unless one of them is undergoing significant renovations).

The comment above about the commentor never doing this, that's because he hasn't been in enough pain on a property to need to do this. 

As I see more and more of these situations, I'm thinking  it should be mandatory for any new landlord to undergo a training seminar.  

Floaters are painful today, but fixed was painful a couple years ago if you wanted to sell 3 years into a ten-year loan.  

for me it gets tougher and much tougher as I get older.. aches and pains are far more frequent.Living in the Napa valley for years wine was a daily event. and of course a martini before the wine.

The spiral metal staircase leading up to the front door was so steep that after a month our knees were in pain.