But that's a hell of a lot of money to give up for a person like me.3) My previous profession was a highly paid programmer.

Locks, thermostats, lights, cameras, home automation, supply delivery,  anything you can think of that will allow you to monitor your house and keep records of activity. 5.

Once the filter was replaced and we hired a handyman to teach the tenant how to use the thermostat all problems were resolved.

Therefore, they didn't know they only had some surface knowledge of Real Estate and Investing in general.I had achieved being in the top 10% of my field of work, in this case, Computer Science, and worked as a programmer and compensated for my pay grade.I then learned everything I could.

@Blair Poelman, how do I go about putting them on a thermostat?

They have subliminally an internal set financial thermostat in their mind and recede once they hit it .

I had been an IT professional and programmer, and doing REI and investing was a little much to handle, in fact a distraction.As to having W2 incomes, here in NYC, you need two good incomes.

There are other assisted living programs which help seniors alter their homes (stair lifts, wheel chair ramps, etc) so they may remain in them longer.In Manitoba, you have Manitoba Housing which provides similar subsidized housing programmes (though, if I recall, MB Housing owns their own buildings ... some provinces - NB for one - no longer do that, but provide coupons to subsidize housing with private landlords).

I have in the past been a systems programmer and a project manager.

If you can't self manage (which everyone thinks is easy - but it's a LOT of work so depends on your available time to devote to answering basic questions over and over, calling 3 cleaners to replace the one that called out for the 5th time in season, calling an A/C company because your guest turned the thermostat down to 65 in 100 degree weather, etc.) then either go with iTrip if they have a strong franchise in your market or a mid-size local company with a good reputation.