Been a landlord for about 13 years. People here say it's hard - I disagree - it's often very easy, until suddenly it's not at breakneck speed. You'll have weeks

Been a landlord for about 13 years. People here say it's hard - I disagree - it's often very easy, until suddenly it's not at breakneck speed. You'll have weeks, sometimes months of easy and then suddenly a pipe will burst and it will consume 100% of your time. Or a furnace will fail. Or a dishwasher will explode. You could probably figure that out on your own, though. If you still have interest in being landlord, here's something nobody will tell you: you will see people at their lowest, and you will see people at their worst. I had a tenant argue with me over a door they kicked in from the inside, "Why should I have to pay for what I did when I was drunk!?" I had a tenant weep openly while she explained she had to break the lease because she had terminal cancer and was moving into hospice. I had a tenant cry while he explained that he lost his job and had to break the lease because he couldn't afford to house his family there anymore. A few months ago I had a very nice family move out of one of my rentals and the young wife teared up because she "hoped that one day they could buy the property from me." - The husband worked for a large corporation and had been unwillingly transferred out of state. The nice family with perfect credit and references will turn out to be dirt-bags who wreck up the place. Sure, you've got that security deposit but you'll still spend hours doing the labor yourself or managing contractors. My best tenants were a group of college kids who rented my biggest property out and left a year later with the place in better condition than when they moved in - they had no credit or references, but I had a good feeling about them. The point is, is weighs you down, if you're a even a little bit kind-hearted. I started selling property off last year. I don't want to be a landlord anymore.