[TargetRick]

Whichever way you go, condos or houses, GET A RENTAL AGENT!!!

I'm not a rental agent, nor am I in any way related to any. Me, I'm a unit owner in a condo building. You'll find that when renting, you will meet some good renters, but you will more than likely meet more of the least outstanding people in the world. I know - I tend to see them in action every day.

The rental agent will yes, cost you some income as they screen and sometimes boot renters. I'd wager the cost of the rental agent is worth way, way more than the agro of personal dealing with renters. Kind of similar to how the added cost of good ammo tends to be be really, really small compared to the overall good shooting you get.

Funny but true story: some decades ago my brother-in-law was in a rental property club with a bunch of other guys. In those pre-debit days, rent was personally collected each month. One day he was a day late to collect rent, and the renters told him, "oh, you were late about the rent so we spent all the money on beer."

One funny but good argument for getting a rental agent.