Some people like you want a house paid for others like me could care less, My wife and I plan to rent in retirement while still holding our portfolio of properties (I think I should write a blog post about this) The short version is we plan to sign 6 month and year leases at various Caribbean islands and European cities, basically a life of travel, at a slow place, if we are liking a place we might stay a few years but in general we will mange our rentals via email and the like while traveling slowly around the world.

Not much to sue for if you don't have large amount of equity in the house you're renting and likely not something your insurance wouldn't be able to mange. 

@Micah Ng I joined bigger pockets two weeks ago and I just bought my first rental property in Windsor, ON!

Thank you @Cynthia Stith & @Brie Schmidt -- I've manged to get paid via Venmo this month, so thank you for the suggestion.

Quote from @Amy Ng: I was wondering if anyone can give some advice using creative financing for purchasing my first investment property.

@Rich Ng That's what I would really like to do, but after listening to podcast number 109 I'm still a little nervous about that because the attorney they were interviewing said that insurance isn't really the same as liability protection and if a lawyer sees that you have assets and claims you had malicious intent then the insurance won't cover it...

@Rich Ng definitely.  

@Damon Ng I know it is a bummer, but that actually doesn't sound as horrible as I was thinking.

If you're having a PM already mange it I'd talk it out with them... maybe they could either enforce what's in the lease or hire a company to take care of the landscaping.

@Rich Ng wouldn't mind getting to know more about portfolio lenders in MA.