Nights you don’t want booked maybe repairs or deep cleans like a professional grade carpet cleaning or something of that nature is different as running 100% occupancy for more that a few months straight can be hard on a property and it needed time to breathe.

So, naturally, I came here to see if any of you lovely and experienced people can lend a recommendation for a vetted and experienced property manager.

Appreciation The natural rise in value real estate tends to experience.

I'm naturally an optimist, but I really do believe that the number of landlords that treat their tenants like they are just numbers on a spreadsheet is much less than people who treat them like humans.

My personality and nature is actually wired to be loyal, but almost to a fault.  

In reality that is just the nature of the beast.

If you can house hack a duplex which supplements you rent and pays down principle to something that is less that net $500 /month, then  that's the way to go.. 

This is so true and I enjoyed reading this CJ.Everything of this nature takes time, patience and lots of learning!!

I would like to build a portfolio that produces adequate cash flow at retirement to help supplement income, etc. 

My #1 goal is to one day grow a portfolio of single family homes + small multi-family homes that cash flow positively, and years from now produce enough monthly income to greatly supplement (and eventually replace) my income from my job (aka, retiring in my 30s).Thanks!