I'll usually eat $100 - $200 worth of touch-up cleaning for a long-term tenant.

There are opportunities out there but some strategies are risky. 1 - Airbnb (STR) comes to mind - very competitive, very saturated and becoming highly regulated.2 - Most STRs are transitioning to MTR so that market will be saturated soon if it isn't already.3 - Insurance crisis in florida is getting bad so those costs will eat up cashflow and short term appreciation.

That kitchen looks good but needs more stuff so families can cook and eat there.I think you guy look good in the photos, but it can be a turn off to prospective guests so I would remove those.

Great nest egg. 

We eat the first one, thy get a picture of all the glory the plumber pulled out and the second time they get billed.

The $10,000 yearly maintenance fee is really hurting your cash flow, as it’s eating up all your profits.

Our team will be eating duck, goose and a lot of eggs. 

Before renovations, the property isn’t cash-flowing enough to justify a $360,000 price tag, especially if financing eats into potential profits.

A friend of mine, Ryan, who invests heavily in Baltimore, realized his interest costs were eating into his cash flow.

But from a moral & ethical perspective, you may want to decide at some point to just eat it and accept write it off as cost of doing business.