So I made sure to eat right and exercise regularly specifically because I knew I had no 'safety blanket'.

., excessive dropping of leaves, fruit, unacceptable odors, habitat for unacceptable animals, etc.).

It was a disaster with kids drawings all over the wall, the floors a mess as if they were housing animals and 10's of thousands in damage to the property that was beyond the norm.One other thing to keep in mind, they won't report issues of maintenance to you such as leaks - they don't want to risk interacting with people.

Expenses, vacancy and capital will eat 50% of your gross rents.

If I can, I like to meet the animal as well.

Most of these places are afraid of having the next "Animal House" in their town, so they continue to use zoning to limit occupancy.

Fees will eat you up.

If I purchase a property at 300k and put 20% down it will eat most of my initial capital.

These are two different animals for sure, your cabin has been purpose built to be a VRBO, our home was not.I believe your cabin is on the same acreage as your home, so you can easily oversee it.

Again, $400 rent, even on a $25k house is too low..taxes, cost of money, insurance and maint will eat it up and you're served nothing but an alligator....in my opinion.