I have 24 rentals, I look at my rental equity portion as 100% bonds, and the income it produces like a bond dividend. That said, make sure you are realistic in counting your income.
Do not mistake self-managed property management, maintenance, or vacancy rates as profit. Nor should you mistake any deferred maintenance for profit.
You still need a bunch of short term money for emergencies. At least enough to cover all your business and personal expenses, including any rehabs, if you were vacant. For a minimum of 6+ months.
I have about 3x - 4x more in rental income that I need to live on, assuming I keep self managing and have 5% or less in vacancy and 10% or less in maintenance. So, I just figure that is like a bond fund. The rest I have in equities and some emergency money.
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