This is becoming a high risk business and as landlords we should be getting a higher premium for the risk involved.

Standing here in TX, it certainly appears that rents shouldn't drop in your area, but that doesn't help you much.I'm betting that:a) Your area is being flooded with sfh'sb) Your area is being flooded with an equal number of new renters who can't qualify to buy again soc) Rental rates shouldn't be affected *too* much On the surface, it seems that equilibrium should be maintained.

You need to analyze every property more fully and look at the actual cash flow and returns and make sure it meets your requirements for the amount of risk involved.

The last 10% of equity is not really there, due to costs involved with selling properties.

What has your involvement in RE been for 11 years?

And, eviction proceedings can sometimes drag out for a few months if the tenant wants to fight it.It can be a waste of advertising dollars, and your time.Not to mention the risk involved of the tenant making something up and filing some sort of charges for some made-up thing.On top of that, do you want to show a perspective tenant the place while a person who is not paying is living there?

This involves converting your vacation home into a fractional property.

What area of real estate are you involved in?

We got involved with Travis Peterson through Todd Morgan and regret it.

Basically, it involves looking at a lot of houses, listings, sold information, and really learning your area.