At the same time, I am too old not to worry about the risk of losing my life-time savings in lawsuits.Many people implement the solution using one LLC holding the property ownership and another separate LLC to handle the riskier management operations.

I think that history is still the best way to prdict the future, with some modern day adjustments.

China is buying up this debt and has progressed from a backwards, poor country to a modern, opulent country.

There is no one-size-fits-all solution here.

In general, sellers are not like that, they're actually pretty open to working with investors, after all, we do provide the SOLUTIONS!

Better to send the handyman over and then talk about back up key solutions. 

I spend my days fixing things , finding solutions to problems .  

Mid-century modern-ish, but they didn't fully commit.

There is a reasonable solution that can benefit both if they talk it out.    

I've managed tenants before in condo situations so I feel comfortable interacting with tenants and empowering people to partner to find solutions.