So a goal is to find appropriate balance in all stages of life.

Or his mortgage balance is $90k and the house is worth $75k.

I have not regretted my decision to get my license, I just need to find a balance between my realtor hat and investor hat.

Your tenant is paying your mortgage balance down, and you may have your property value increase, but do you have the reserves to wait that out?

This takes 23 months.Once House 2 is paid off, the mortgage balance on House 3 is down to $97,086.

Thanks for the comprehensive and balanced response.

Contractor will appreciate honesty and "your hustle" and desire to do more deals and bring them work.I want to be careful saying "fake it" because there is a balance between that and being a newby.

Use them both as a form of checks and balances.

The tenants cannot check balances, cannot withdraw $, cannot do anything.

( in the sense of time vs money)but I lost my "stay at home mom" status last year, and my kids are still young.. so I need to find a balance.