Its very easy, these guys prey on people with more heart and hope then dreams. third person money lenders virtually NEVER work. they are lining their own pockets and then hide behind every excuse in the world on why you can't get financing.

Its easy to make a promise now that has to be kept later.

Enjoy your success.Like my father (who was never involved in Real Estate beyond a SFR) used to say: "It's Simple but not Easy!"

Well, I guess I might not be so easy to just "get rid of the dog".

While either can be easy or difficult to manage, differnt kinds of problems, it's the personality of the tenant, IMO.IMO you should spend no more than a couple hours a month on actual management per unit, a phone call, collection and bookkeeping and coordinating maintenance.

It's not easy.

This would be an easy fix if the case in your area.

Sierra Murphy Its pretty easy to get one.

There are many options, some do it yourself using easy to do templates that walk you through, and those done by pros.

You could always leverage into an apartment building ( 5 units or more ).Value is based on cash flow and cap rates instead of comparable sales approach.Economy of scale is easier.Just depends on long term goals.Right now debt service is cheap.It's easy to take equity out and put it to work for returns above debt service.When prices and interest rates rise that will be harder to do on the purchasing end.