If you spend time learning how to manage well, your income will increase, you'll save time, and you'll maintain your sanity with the courage to expand.

I just meant to say that it's our next goal to build that up, having just gone on a spending spree on fixing up both properties in a short period of time.

The police love to claim it's a "civil matter" so they won't have to spend time and energy on it. 

Quote from @Sofia Komrskova: Don't spend that kind of money on courses.

Do you have an idea of how much money you're looking to spend on/invest in a property?

I did not want to spend 50K on doing separate meters for where I have my rentals it would cost me this much.

• The “Tour Guide” makes the opposite mistake: they spend all their time pointing out flaws and justifying a low offer.

I have hired another company to handle all other aspects of my financial needs.

If you are able to manage it yourself, I think you will get a lot of very helpful education in real estate by spending a least a year or two doing that.You'll be able to work with property managers a lot better if you've done the work yourself for a bit, and it also helps to get familiar with the various laws and regulations you have to comply with as the owner, even if you do have a property manager in place (e.g., the new RI rental registry and associated lead paint inspections/certificates).It's up to you whether you're able to do it, but I think you'll get a lot out of the experience if you can try it for a year or two.

I “assume” they meant you wouldn’t defer all your taxes if you used leverage on a $450k purchase instead of “spending” all your cash.