Unfortunately, the septic company is taking their time, and I’m still waiting for the replacement to be completed.

To give you some hope, in the mean time of your RE losses, many of us are doing very well. 

We are wanting to add to our real estate investments, but are having a difficult time deciding which market to consentrate on. 

Here’s the Real Secret: Sellers want to feel understood, not sold to.

As repeatedly advocated on BiggerPockets by myself and others, house hacking is one of the best forms of entry into real estate while mitigating risk.

Ok so a diff path then my previous post.I also wanted to invest in real estate but just assume( and bet is probably true) that most of the people that find truly good investments have  either or all of the following the most "average joes" don't:1.

But traveler demographics will overlap most of the time, especially in larger homes.

When it comes time to kick her parents out of their house can they afford to go somewhere else?

Plus managing tenants is a bit more time consuming with this model. 

It took quite a good time (~6months) even with a property manager but finally found the renter after rent decrease by 200$.