Time to get out of the matrixI also thought the stock market was going to crash and burn in 2020 and yet I would have missed out on +17.5% returns had I cashed out.

Quote from @Matthew Becker: Do the rivers still burn in Cleveland? 

I personally would have to have one of the windows replaced before I'd feel comfortable renting it, but that's just me and based on personal experience including a traumatic one from childhood in watching the apartment building next to ours burn in the middle of the night.

C'mon... get a move on... we're burnin' daylight here."

Joe Bertolino We had a rental mobile home burn in our park last November.

The truth is that the vast majority of rental properties are bought by newbies who know nothing about the rental property business (i.e. ignorant newbies), who will crash and burn in a short period of time.

Hard/Private money lender's are useful for limiting the amount of YOUR that you'll burn in a deal.

Savvy buyers or their agents will pick up on this and now there isn't much cash to burn in the middle and use that as leverage.

The cost is way too much and we don't want to get burn in case things don't go as planned with the tenant.Thanks and have a great day!

Assuming things don't crash and burn in the coming months I am planning on partnering with a real estate agent on a couple of flips and I am a licensed contractor and I am trying to structure our partnership fairly.