I'd try to find the one with the deeper pockets so you know they'll stay around the longest hopefully.

Stay focused on that and not all this "story".I'll stand by the advice to find a landlord/tenant attorney.  

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Given what happened with eRentPayment last month, I'm a bit more cautious about such online payment services but for now I'm staying with Cozy.co but monitoring it carefully.

If I get 40,000 in capital should I stay out of market until there is a correction?

But the demographic that would naturally be inclined to stay at our small places seem to dovetail with allowing marijuana.

Stay tuned..

Yet others just stay passive going with syndicated deals.

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You'll get more accurate advice and answers, and they will probably be more willing to work with you and guide you in the right direction if they have documentation to look at (tax returns, W2s, amounts you paid for each property, taxes, insurance costs, estimated rents and completed values, etc).