Renting out properties is one of the least pleasant aspects of real estate investing. The rental market has long been known to cause headaches to the landlord and strain relationships that were perfectly workable before the rental agreement was proposed. A person then has to wonder why people still go for the rental properties despite the problems that they bring with them.

Why not concentrate on commercial properties for sale. The answer to that question is that businesses always have to work to spread risk around their whole business portfolio to ensure that if something fails, the whole business does not fail.