doing it yourself is best. the vrbo.com site is a Vacation Rental By Owner site.I've only used it as a consumer, never listed.

Water and sewer chargesElectricity for common areas like hallwaysAllowance for vacancy and credit lossIf I understand correctly, you would be carrying a very small (40k) mortgage, so with such minimal debt service you probably will still have a healthy positive cash flow --- but will it represent a sufficent return on 350k cash investment?

I'm in the Air Force as I stated before so I have a pretty time consuming job, I figure bird dogging and studying up on Real Estate would be my best bet.

At 66 lots of things happen some people want to move to a warmer climate and dont want lose strings attached or your health is another factor. the other things involve your estate and do you want your kids to have real estate to contend with or is this strictly your thing?

This is has been a little more time consuming but I think in the long run it is worth it.

So I'm wondering if its because the quads tend to have more apt like characteristics, if thats why the management effort seems so time consuming for you.To that again, if you aren't able to go big, I'd look at going into SFH's instead.

But...the key is you can't "blindside" a consumer.

Further, the attorney really needs an in depth knowledge of federal consumer lending law as well as just state regulatory law.

I just haven't had time yet, being consumed with work.

I'm also selling off 1 rental property (closing tomorrow).Other than working with contractors, I have been doing all of this on my own and while 4 properties in one year doesn't sound like much, for someone holding a full time job, plus managing 4 other rental units and a note (and doing all the bookkeeping for everything), it's proven too much for me at one time.So, I've decided for my mental health I need to "take a break" and have some weekends off.