landlord 101

Mike69cuda said

On the plus side, my rental house doubled in value over the past five years. The ~125K house is now 250k. I had a stable tenant through Covid, so it made me a bucket load of money. The lower end of the housing market has got jerked up hard since there has been a housing shortage. Diversification of your investments can be a great thing.

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You're lucky, my COVID tenant decided that she didn't have to pay rent anymore. She also didn't pay the water bill, or mow the grass. I ended up mowing grass to keep zoning off my ***. It was during COVID when she went all in and decided that she also needed a dog that the lease prohibited.
When I finally got her out (she swore I couldn't do it) the house was so damaged that it took me nearly a year to rehab and remodel.