Meeting other investors in real life helps spur the thoughts and research into reality.

Life changes have me looking to vacate the upper floor for my own living. 

. 😆  That's right Dave, lots of good life lessons for everybody!

It may seem like my number seems high but the cap ex on the kitchen alone with 15 year life is approaching $100/month.

It is still repairable but would cost 800-1000 to repair, and probably has 3 years of life on it according to the inspector and roofers.3.

His class and group is life altering (says the person who signed up 24 hours ago and has never done a real estate deal). 

Investing is optional and is supposed to make life better.

You can usually get this for the project's life then switch back to renters/normal if needed.

Some people don't have financial situation, nor have the bookkeeping to track or maintain it.Again, I personally find it very stressful just thinking about living that way for the life of the loan keeping the lowest daily balance possible. 

I worry about you putting too much of your life into one investment given you're limitations on income/working situation anyway.In general expensive primary residences do not make the best rental properties.