Also known as bird dogging. 7.

@Kaylee PrattAt the beginning of my investing career my mentor asked me to “bird dog” property for him.

When COVID is done with, you can also AirBNB the rooms or do shorter-term winter rentals to snow birds and probably get a heck of a lot more than $700/month on the rooms.

Is the increased revenue, demand, and occupancy for an Airbnb worth the ware and tare that accompanies pets?

The good old saying is true: "A Bird in the Hand is Worth Two in the Bush"

The best approach is going to depend more details in your situation.From a birds eye view- the benefit of interest deduction on your personal home is now reduced (ins some cases eliminated) by the high standard deduction.

Windows broken, birds flying in and out.  

(Even met someone that happened to live in my complex & we went bird-dogging together later.)

Quote from @Michael Wooldridge: And two you got a birds eye view of it in Arizona over the years.

There is a thread about "finding a mentor" here http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2014/04/16/finding-mentor-real-estate/ Being a bird dogger for a wholesaler and making a small amount of money might be an answer.