The 1/2 bath going in the basement was no exception to the compromise I mentioned; it cost more for a macerating toilet, ate up valuable finished basement space and doesn't make quite as much sense as a 1/2 bath on the first floor for company.Even the labor is a compromise.

Over the course of a year my wife and I fixed it up, rented to friends, ate peanut butter and jelly, did everything we could.

I love how specific your goals ate.

Don't think I ate until dinner, and was up at 6:30 ready to call the mortgage company. 

I worked long hours (60-70 hours a week), I gave up a lot of things (cable television, expensive cell phones, satellite radio, my gym membership), I didn't go out on the weekends (I worked), and I rarely ate at restaurants.

As Loc just posted, anyone who takes your money can not simply say you'll get your money when it's paid off, that's just nuts, look ate the borrowers for these loans, some don't have the capacity to get conventional financing now, nor will they later on.

I don't know when they had time to sleep.I watched others have multiple jobs one was in food so they ate for free every day.

If so, they can be money pits, even after full rehab [I've ate several of these "vegetables"].Hang in there!

Instead of going back and trying to collect $25 from the tenant, I ate the loss as a reminder to not make stupid mistakes like that.

I'm setting up my first tenant on SparkRent very soon.Someone on here mentioned that tenants may have the "I couldn't get the website to work" or "the computer ate my payment" or whatever excuse for late rent.