I spent a lot of time thinking about this and who the ideal tenant would be and ultimately decided long-term would be best.

As both an investor and Florida Real Estate Broker, I have spent way too much time on this topic and have found it to be dead end. 

I've rented to a felon that spent 5 years in jail for aggravated robbery when he was young.

Most of that time is spent on my weekly visits to each location to make sure they don’t need trash picked up and to make sure the lawn or snow removal is being done correctly.

I tried to use them, but their website is garbage, I spent several hours trying to build a listing on their clunky platform then their system was unable to "verify" my account.  

When you look at any type of sales position first thing they will tell you is “know your product”If you do not know the home - meaning what is it worth as is, how much does it need in repairs and what is the exit value - I can’t see how someone will be successfulI also see people take mls properties and get them under agreement to wholesale and maybe hit a deal here or there / but my guess for these people is similar to those that start dropshipping companies and everything else they tell you can be done with no moneyIt never gets off the ground and if they spent that time getting another job they would have a lot more money .

Maybe I'm biased because I spent last week in Chicago for work.

Spent around $50,000 on everything plus $36,000 for the house.

Covid dollars have been spent.  

Hi Latif, I will be the first to say that I'm relatively new to this, but have spent the last 6 months deeply educating myself through local RE investing clubs, Fortune Builders, BP and other blogs and podcasts, and many books.Generally speaking, the only house I'd recommend paying down is the one you and your family intend to live in for the next 10-20 years.