Downside is landlording from afar (although maintenance on a single unit condo should be easier than multifam) and that its only one unit, so if vacant I will have to pay mortgage + my own rent.

But if you stay focused, and don’t give up for something else that looks easier, you can succeed.

This does get easier.

Now with the internet, it is even easier for anyone who wants to learn to find available information.

There is no clear-cut rule on the amount of time you must hold, it would be so much easier if there was but that’s the IRS for you. 8)

it would be so much easier im mean where are these people and when you meet them they take you for rides in there lambo's and to there huge houses and lake houses talk all this im going to start you in your own business meet their friends and never hear from them again lol all i want is your money ill do the work and make you 30k to 50k in a month or so it seems like people would just throw you there money they dont have to do anything and still rake in this much dough i dont get it maybe thats why i cant find them ?

Put a fence up with large no trespassing signs on their side; call the absentee landlord and told them they needed to clean up the apartment house and stop renting to criminals and stood in the yard and yelled at them.Told the local cops everything and they went next door to interview the culprits.

When a tenant stained it, with professional cleaning, the stain would generally blend in and if not, it was easy to cut out a piece and patch back in with some original leftover scraps.

Its simpler and easier to factor.

It is quite helpful for making it easier to locate posts of certain topics.