The concept sounds like "Equity-like returns without equity-like risk.”Preferred equity investments, which sit between senior debt and common equity in the capital stack, also see increased interest.

@Christina ColonIt sounds like this tenant could be a problem in the future - however, if you boot him without planning and your place sits vacant for a month or two, you're likely down a few thousand dollars instead of a few hundred bucks for landscaping.If the landscaping costs are relatively inexpensive, you could plan to not renew the tenant, start showing the property to other tenants a month or two before lease-end, and have a new tenant (who won't complain about handling landscaping) begin renting within a week or two of the problematic tenant moving out, thereby saving you lost rent on your place sitting vacant.

Say you got a property at $250k, it's done well over a decade and now your sitting a-top $225k in equitable returns.     

I would advise sitting down and putting the costs in front of you, are your lease lengths 15-24 months at a time, are your tenants low risk and likely to occupy or break lease, things to consider :)

Primary was purchased with sub 3% interest and equity is just sitting.

It is good to hear that the changes are starting to show up to the point where you notice them, and it makes sense that we have to sit on the current trajectory for some time to reinforce to folks what the core values here are.We are aligning around the concept of “The Millionaire Next Door” as the type of person we speak to and we hope that you call out any content that strays too far from this message.

But this builder has two specs 85% complete but obviously sitting there since he's gone bankrupt.

It may sit on the market for a while, giving you the chance to re engageGino

I can't fix it if I don't know it's leaking because I don't want to inspect your apartment every single day - you're renting a space for quiet enjoyment....that includes not being bombarded by the landlord daily. 

This includes (but not limited to):-Quiet Hours-What spaces can and cannot be used-Guest policy (make sure to limit days in a row and in a month)-Pet policy (even if you don't allow pets, if someone has an ESA animal, it would be good to have guidelines in the event they surprise you with one, otherwise you are SOL and of course take into consideration fair housing laws)-How is trash put in the cans (in bags, not just thrown in) and when can trash cans be taken to the street and put back-How is the late free structured (one time flat fee or a daily fee)2.