If a tenant makes enough income to qualify for the rent and they can not save up the deposit money, they are absolutely horrible money managers.

I would ideally like to have assets in both markets but it seems through my current capabilities, I need to pick and choose one to double down on, sort of, instead of moving extremely slow in both areas...which I guess is not necessarily horrible. 

I hate stereotypes that peg women as some soft, fragile creature that needs to be protected from this big, bad and horrible world.

Squatters are not a problem in my area as far as I am aware, but I have read and heard some pretty horrible stories about squatters, the damage they cause and the problems getting rid of them. 

I am 52 years old and we have a pretty solid income right now, but my retirement fund is horrible... the plan for this home and any future homes is to provide me with a decent retirement income and later to give my youngest daughter who has some special needs a business she can run and keep an income from.

@zackthomas Doing some forms of house hacking.I'm sure you seen these but saw a few good spotsDuplex in midtownhttps://www.redfin.com/CA/Sacramento/1713-G-St-958...4-plex in midtownhttps://www.redfin.com/CA/Sacramento/2019-18th-St-...Duplex w/ commercial https://www.redfin.com/CA/Sacramento/1914-Alhambra...Oak Park (stay north of broadway) duplex with horrible floors.

real hardwood is horrible, mine is constantly scratched by tenants.

See the "average" agents where I'm at are horrible - they are average joes, that became a RE agent in 2020/2021 when houses sold themselves.

@JC LeachZero cash reserves is a horrible idea.

I just wanted to know if this is the norm and other property mgmt companies do the same, so looks like I really landed with a horrible PM.