If you were flipping houses (successfully), you'll have a much bigger pot from which to draw on in retirement.  

The super yanked it out of theceiling and kept it in his custody.7) The bathroom "bathtub" is in deplorablecondition with the inner sliding screen door almost off itshinges and can fall on us while taking ashower. 8) The tap is moving around in the sink. 9) The bathroom doorknob was off its hinges but I got thatfixed... but now the door does not lock.10)TheA/C might have not been installed correctly, cold air seemsto flow through from outside constantly, it may pose to be a problem in the winters.11)Thewindow net is torn and patched with a piece ofsticker.

If it's a pot hole or chip ,,,I"d spread some quick patch in..

The goal was to get to roughly $1.5M and then retire, since all of the math says that we could safely withdraw (the SWR) 4% of our investment pot every year ($60k a year) and be able to sustain that indefinitely. 

So I kind of see your statement as the pot calling the kettle black.. 

However, current tenants smoke pot pretty consistently.

Not like, oh man, that really stands out like somebody threw a pot of soup on it, but obvious smudges and marks from the kids putting their dirty hands on the walls.

More net profit on this one will be nice, but had it already been done, I'd have been able to but the one I missed out on which would have made another $25k-$30k net. I

"A watched pot never boils

Other expenses such maint, and capex would go into a pot and used as needed.