Problems arise when not everyone understands this. 

- How do you communicate to the investor and in what time frame when a problem arises?

Tenant agrees to allow Landlord timely access to premises to do maintenance and repair.Tenant will notify Landlord in a timely manner of any damages or problems as they arise, including damages caused by Tenant, malfunction of appliances or fixtures, and water/moisture leaks and spots.Tenant will care for the premises, keeping them clean and clear of debris.""

In these times if a pipe breaks, electrical issues arise, we are responsible to keep it up to “basic” standards of living.

It's not in the 'sweet spots' for rents in the area (it's higher), so harder to rent.We'd rather be sitting on a lot of cash if opportunities arise, then have it locked up in a property that is likely hitting its tippy-top of appreciation for awhile. 

Damages in an installment sale can be avoided with respect to equity financed in the deal, but there can be other damages and the cash funded lender, the underlying mortgagee can seek damages against the maker of that loan, which in turn become damages they may seek against you arising from your default in paying.Search here concerning seller financing, sub-2 and installment deals.

In fact it can't even by quantified by a number due to inflation or any number of issues that could arise in my life or my family's lives.For that reason I will never limit myself to a specific number.

That represents a rise of close to 15 percent from 2016.

I fear working my tail off to build a mini rental empire here and then having the State change the rules on me when I'm so deeply entrenched into cap gains and deprecated properties.I don't know what the next national "downturn" will look like, but I've been feeling like it will have a bigger social impact than past downturns have due to a rise in populism, and animosity between the haves and have-nots as you put it.

When vacancies, turnovers, repairs and capex arise I may pocket nothing for years and the place will never be worth more than what i paid 50 years from now but im still pouring money into it for repairs.