A lot of people (and bloggers) out there are hellbent on fixating on Day 1 cash flow (come hell or high water), but I've come to the realization that if you really want to sustain early Financial Independence for perpetuity, you will probably make it to the Promise Land a whole lot quicker (and easier) by concentrating the majority of your investment portfolio on the Creme de la Creme assets.Honestly, if I could do it all over again, I never would have bothered wasting my time investing in overpriced turnkey properties and dividend growth stocks, and would have tried to focus a lot more of my investment capital on my own local real estate market (Bay Area)..."

If we had an obnoxious tenant that was blasting music, smoking up the building, had a dog that was bothering the neighbors, etc., we had to provide extensive documentation.

Do you know how many people say what they "plan to do" here on BP that never even bother getting pre-approved, let alone buying a place?

I get bothered most by landlord in-fighting about silly things, like rent increases, late fees and unlock fees.

Not wanting to "bother" me with repair requests that result in more expensive repairs. 

I suspect it does its better than a home owner getting frustrated and just abandoning the building and creating another blighted unit.Most of the liens are usually credit card companies that were never paid off and maxed out , the companies don’t want the house and won’t bother to pursue actual legal  action on a 10-15k value home .

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I think the fear of losing a steady (every two weeks) paycheck bothered me the most.

We've been operating in Indy for 4 years, and wouldn't bother with a $150K+ SFH, as we don't like the returns, and there's WAY too much competition for that product.  

I've done reasonably well renting it out, though I'm a little different than many STR owners in that it doesn't particularly bother me if it makes any money since I use it myself.