@Teresa HuntI feel your pain!!  

This got to be a pain in my butt, tired of dealing with the tenants every month about the water.  

between it, YouTube, and book reading about 10 hours each day since i have learned very much.i live in Dallas County Texas and was born and raised pa\\in the city of Dallas.  

Agents have to have skin in the game just like using a hard money lender for a rehab so when it gets tough it will be very painful to walk away.

From an overall perspective, I'd agree that most are not so easy and can be quite painful. 

To me, I think it is just more of a pain for these to breakdown and have the tenant constantly calling me to fix them if they break.

I know this doesn't help but for whatever an "I feel your pain" comments helps, here ya go :)

I did that on a small part of my portfolio and I regret it now as it was a painful transaction and interest rates haven't really moved much at all.

However, dealing with tenants seems like a pain and I would much rather focus on building a solid network of like-minded investors and focus on the investment/financial side of things.  

Both are a pain in the butt, but may be a cost-effective option to foray into rehab.