If you're relying on the tenant to pay the mortgage, you can't afford to be a landlord and you should sell the unit to free up housing stock.
The housing market is broken because in most markets there's a company helping landlords price fix the market. Landlords in most of the US have considerably more power than the tenant and this is especially true in the south eastern part of the US where most major cities allow evictions without cause with sufficient notice (usually 2-3 month notice) and extremely fast evictions with cause (~10-15 day notice). Rent control is effectively non-existent.
I sympathize a bit with small landlords in California or New York, but things are rigged in your favor most other places.
The housing market is broken because in most markets there's a company helping landlords price fix the market. Landlords in most of the US have considerably more power than the tenant and this is especially true in the south eastern part of the US where most major cities allow evictions without cause with sufficient notice (usually 2-3 month notice) and extremely fast evictions with cause (~10-15 day notice). Rent control is effectively non-existent.
I sympathize a bit with small landlords in California or New York, but things are rigged in your favor most other places.