Success usually is a combination in varying amounts of hard work, good decisions, and a some luck.When arbitrage comes up on here, as it often does, I am usually "gloom and doom" playing devils advocate because the OP is usually on an emotional high from watching a YouTube video about making 6 figures overnight doing arbitrage.I started my business in 2016 with a high end arbitrage, then began acquiring my own, and lastly into management. 

I’m considering using materials such as wood, PVC, conduit, or metal pipes, combined with canvas, tarp, or plastic for the covering.

Equity raised, debt, or a combination?

In the next few months, I'll have:$260,000 in savings$100,000 in equity in the loft$355,000 outstanding on the houseShould I sell the loft, use the equity, and combine it with my savings to pay off the house?

Due to horrible, and I mean horrible property managers in the area (the one known as being the best admitted to me she recently had an employee steal over a million from landlords and she didn't think it was her fault), I decided to hire a family member full time to start managing properties for me. 

Last Wednesday  evening my tenant said the dryer was overheating.

Landlord friendly and low property taxes combined with how close it is to CA it makes visiting properties and building a team easier. 

Tech jobs, positive migration, combined with low property taxes, landlord friendly, and no state income tax make Nevada a solid place to invest.

That's interesting that you combine Stessa with a VA, great idea!

100% Understand.........I had 750 Tenants living in my MF Bldg's..........There are absolutely ways to get off the SFH treadmill, trading those assets in one shot and stepping into low-risk, single-tenant, 10+ year leased properties, backed by Nat'l Credit Tenants like FedEx, Amazon, UPS, and other solid companiesLooking for a better strategy, I combined my banking, real estate & Renewable Energy experience to develop the "Energized Real Estate" model.