If its going in a million different directions you are bound to be inefficient, and make mistakes.I have a tendency to do the same.

Are they bound to anything?

My name is Rob I’m from Warren Ohio and I’m currently loosely looking for my first property.

Loose doorknobs and faucets add up.For Multi-families in Boston and Cambridge, I view an inspection contingency as a red flag.

It was bound to happen sooner or later...

.- With ~18K for expenses and ~63K of income, that works out to ~29%; extremely unlikely (to the point that I would buy a lottery ticket first - at least I would know what I am going to loose ;).

My wife and I started our real estate investing journey around 7 years ago during the real estate down turn when we were unable to sell our first house without loosing money, so we decided to keep it and rent it out. 

Other one was electrical work , where The loose breakers were checked and wiring was adjusted and validated if appliances are working.

However I do live in California and not happy about loosing out on prop tax, as the state tax is around 8-10% already.

It's a loose goal but I like structure too.I've been successful with some single family flips but they are hard to come by (much less predictable in availability and actually beating out other investors) so I am considering some longer term real estate investing.