@Sophia BahenaAfter multiple holders being ripped off the wall, I started removing them altogether and patched/painted the area.

A high percentage of the time the verbal offer leads to crickets, or may end up being a different offer altogether if it does arrive in writing.

Again, if a management company is doing all the day to day, you may need a more significant operation to actually count as a material participant in those rental activities.Short Term rentals are a separate consideration altogether. 

Shortly after this conversation he stopped communicating altogether.

That said, I now have enough cash reserves to cover most major things, so I'm toying with the idea of ignoring the 25% altogether to grow quicker.

Unless checked, we will over react to this new "bad" news and avoid risk altogether. 

In some cases they've been outlawed altogether.

People keep suggesting far West or far South, OR out of state altogether.

If your heading down this path, I think the best course of action is to find a home and location you prefer, allocate the cash to fix it up so its very nice (floors, bathrooms, kitchen) and furnish it rental style furnishings which could be another discussion altogether, i.e.