Do everything you can to learn and minimize that risk, but remember you don't have an endless amount of time to figure this stuff out and conditions are never going to be optimal.

Would they do that in a way to optimize my returns or their returns.I ended up investing on my own. 

It will ensure almost optimized use of the washer/dryer.Good luck

In fact, do you know why they "randomly " remove them from the menu?!?

The optimal is now to buy a mulit-family residential property.

Or just holding and optimizing?

Optimally we'd like to help get them transitioned into the market rent but based on what the previous owner did with their rental rates I don't think they can afford it.

Step 2 optimize.

In the DC suburbs where there is less demand than in the city I average a 2% vacancy rate, and I could cut that down if I marketed the property earlier when I know I have tenants leaving, but I get too busy selling properties that I dont optimally run my rental portfolio.

The optimal thing to do is use a 30yr mortgage but treat it like a 15yr.