The sellers' concerns are 1) paying capital gains taxes upon sale or scrambling to find an exchange;  and 2) continuing an income stream that is relatively stress free. 

E.g slice of wedding cake has to be thrown out, never mind expensive steaks or seafood.I do not have a clause in my lease to address this and wonder how others handle such things.I'm sure someone has had a renters wedding dress get burnt or damaged in a dryer or something similar.

I see that point to but focussing on actual cash in my hand to pay bills or travel or whatever, it seems a tedious and stressful way to make $$I guess that's why investors sometimes lace the portfolio with flips

Because I'm 2000 miles away, this caused a lot of anxiety and stress that I would just prefer to avoid.

This has been weighing on me and stressing me out more than I'd like for it to the past few months and because dealing with the HOA is such a huge gray area, I haven't been able to find anything to help me feel strongly about any of my options.Any input would be GREATLY appreciated.  

They justify it as a way to avoid hustles, stress and damages.

We have been in business since March of 2014 after leaving our stressful and demanding corporate jobs to take control of our financial future and have more time with our family. 

It is stressful though, as you will constantly fee like there is more to do.

I can't stress enough that you get the property under contract. 

., resulting in higher risk, less profit margin, and greater stress and worry.Higher leverage may often result in margins too small to hire a competent property manager meaning the investor will be managing the property herself or managing a revolving door of less than qualified individual property managers.An investor in any property needs to consider not only how they they will purchase the property with available cash, but also the consequences of investing with high leverage.