The ones I have in my home require cleaning and maintenance, and I have my doubts about people keeping up with it.

I’ve seen a bunch of posts here over the past six month on BP where people seem to be betting big money (some call it investing) based purely on someone’s charm and word.

Attend meetups and meet as many people in RE as you can. 

I don't personally utilize this strategy, but many other people do so successfully so you might look into that.

There are tons of people who get investment property loans for their STR/MTR properties with no issue.Hope all of that makes sense.

I appreciate the varying advice people have given me already as it showcases their personalities, risk tolerance, and values.

In a past life, managing vendors for HUD, the following quote was a mantra we learned the hard way to live by:“People do what you inspect, not what you expect.”Louis V.

Hi Wil,Many people get a LLC in the property they are buying under the holding company.

Then see how much time you spend every month hassling them for payment say 2 or 4 hours every month.If you logged all of that time 15mins or 1/2 hour every time you call etc. that adds up.You might think oh it doesn't cost me anything just my time, then your time isn't valuable and you have undervalued yourself.Don't let people do that to you!

Then later today the investor chose to include me in a group text he has created with other people on the road leading to the housing project about how great of a victory it is that he’s gotten the dumpster moved and that he will be cleaning up the space and planting grass and greening it up come summer.