My goal of refinancing was simply lowering our monthly spending to reallocate towards future investments.

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Even completely self-serve laundromats require daily cleaning and light maintenance.As far as time costs, expect to spend time each week troubleshooting equipment issues, routine maintenance, cleaning, and handling customer issues.

Stop hanging out with your deadbeat buddies who spend all day drinking, talking sports, and otherwise wasting away.

If you need any assistance on areas to focus on in these two markets I'd be happy to help!

There's a specific forum for House Hacking.You'll want to spend some time reading through there as it's a common topic.

You can EASILY pass several million to your heirs tax free and avoid at least a $1M in taxes if you spend anywhere near 20 years investing in real estate. 

Another option is to put 2-3 inches of spray foam insulation then batt under that, it will assist with stopping some of the air transfer and seal it off as well.I would also check the windows in those rooms and whcih way do they face.

There is still a risk: You do not have the right outprice and lose money, your deal goes south due to unfound things when you bought it, then the rehab phase brings them up, and you spend more, and the market changes, which is something that can happen on a moment's notice.

With that said I feel like I significantly improved my position and reduced my stress..Being  high income earner is great, but the goal is what you keep and what you spend.