More passive, move out of California, diversify geographically more, etc.Good morning Henry and thanks for responding.Here are my answers and for sake of efficiency, I'll try to keep them short unless further elaboration is helpful.1) The right SS option is one that will continue performing at the inflation/CPI adjusted income level that I buy it at and is not at risk of devaluing due to area specific real estate prices (ie: I want to avoid areas/operations with falling demand/population). 

When our tenants contact us with a maintenance concern, we do our best to set expectations about when their issue will be addressed.You do appear to have justification for a complaint with the PMC's lack of communication:)

So I would suggest connecting with experienced investors to learn how to invest more efficiently so that your 50k can go further.

We also cut the insurance bill in half without losing any coverage and lowered the water bill by $10 a unit installing water efficient toilets, shower heads and faucets.

Making money or losing money rests 75% on your purchase with the balance 25% being on your time efficiency, design efficiency, and management efficiency.

Part of the problem is the mortgage rep and serious lack of communication and delays.

This keeps everything filed away nicely and establishes the email communication with the tenants too.

I have learned a lot of spanish but it's much easier for my VA to communicate with prospects looking for rentals that speak the same language.

The training process is the biggest headache with VAs so it is best you are super organized and detail oriented here to optimize efficiency.

The network will grow into a behemoth that takes over all broadband communication worldwide -- he's going to completely corner the Internet market, everywhere, and with it, the entire world cellular communications market, the entire world telephone market, the entire cable TV market.