We're excited to have you, and I hope that, given your experience, you can become a great contributor to the landlord discussions and property management questions.All my best,

If you want to be a landlord and build a portfolio selling is not the best idea.

There could be other assumed obligations (heating, cooling, running water, safe electrical when dealing with a rental and you are the landlord).If you want the ability to buy something in the future but not the obligation you are talking about an option.

Also it seems like a 55+ neighborhood would be a pretty good place to learn how to be a landlord.....no?

Got tired of playing landlord, and realized the big money takes too long to get, so I started up a new style of investing.My background is really in programming, more specifically web based application programming with databases.

one word - TENANTS.i'd relate being a landlord to a poker player -the pros or good players play like they've already lost - so they've got nothing to lose in their mind. as a landlord, if you're going to start renting real estate - rent it as if it will be totally wrecked.ASSUME THE WORST AND PREPARE FOR IT.don't buy and assume the best.hope for it.

Some folks I know recommend Mr Landlord's service.I pass on the costs of screening to the tenants.

With a mixed use building it is common that the landlord pays a lot of the expenses for the commercial units.

If the landlord is not following the regulations they could be in a very bad position.

As a landlord living in the same space the rules for fair housing largely do not apply.