I've heard of some people successfully getting into passively buying and renting property. How easy is this to do in reality? By my calculations, it's pretty di

I've heard of some people successfully getting into passively buying and renting property. How easy is this to do in reality? By my calculations, it's pretty difficult to break even on mortgage when you're starting out, and that's if you decide to play landlord — which may very well end up being a full-time job! And if you want to live somewhere else, you have to hire somebody to do the landlordy stuff for you, which is even more money down the drain. How do people do it?