So 98% of the “investment homes” are owned by “mom and pops” but I don’t know if anyone  can tell you if they are Nevada mom and pops or oos mom and pops.

Don't forget to have a contingency for work that pops up once you open a wall or whatever. 

Very well said I think the only thing that I would add to this conversation is that people need to spend more time understanding the mental side of being successful. having a certain amount in your bank account does not deem you to be successful and if you don't start working on it from the very beginning you'll never know when you reach it and it's not like you popped through a glass ceiling and you're on the other side and now you think that you're going to flip a switch and enjoy your life part of doing this is learning and enjoying the journey that you're on not just trying to get to the destination thinking you'll be happy at that point.You have to become a successful person mentally before you ever will financially or physically

One spouse primarily working, one spouse primarily growing the business -- that's how mom and pop self-managing handyman landlording operations have made things work in America for 140 years.

Turnkey duplexes pop up frequently but in this market people are bidding over list for everything.  

Imagine if you had just purchased what you thought was an underperforming asset with the intent to improve the marketing, fill up units, and start raising rents, only to have several new facilities pop up in your neighborhood. 

I've been watching the western mass market and there are hardly any good multifamily properties popping up on the MLS.. and if they do they are wickedly over priced.

In spite of all this I feel as a mom and pop landlord with single family properties proving anything is very difficult.

The fundamental problem is there was no targeted help for mom-and-pop property owners who provide much of America’s affordable housing.

STR are often mom and pop enterprise at it's finest.