The owner was a real estate agent, so negotiating was difficult.

The owner was a real estate agent, so negotiating was difficult.

By not getting out of the STR side, I have another year of ratings on both AirBnb and VRBO, a number of guests who were pleased with the opportunity to stay in Florida during the difficult year (many couldn't go to their home states because someone back home was ill, so they stayed longer with me). 

I would not personally compare it to the stock market because (among many other reasons) it is difficult to get to know the CEOs or the companies that you are investing in the stock market.

But at the same time, making sense of BRRRing in the Phoenix market is quite difficult to make sense of syndicating and giving a out a pref.What I don't want to do is to start investing in other markets.

In terms of the first property I’m thinking a duplex or triplex potentially a 4-plex but that would be a little more difficult.

It has been a blessing to me as it is difficult to find a reliable handyman and I am not much of a do-it-yourselfer AND they charge one fee for both units.On the down side, sometimes they have shoddy repair companies.  

Permits are very difficult to obtain (we build homes in Chicago, so that may be a non-issue for us considering what we have to deal with here LOL :)4.

Finding good property management is difficult, especially when you can't keep close tabs on them. 

Although its difficult to not take action when you feel deceived, I would vent this to friends, punch a pillow, or maybe knock on their door and run away.