I start by telling them we have a lot of money tied up in the property, and we've been burned by folks that wanted us to believe the best of them.

You are bleeding money now, but each year it might actually get worse depending on the financials. 

Some people are able to save money and budget and others are not really good at it.

Will this be a good investment time and money wise?

Also, I’m pretty new to this but I’m assuming you’d have to have an LLC in place to accept hard money or money from private lenders? 

We're spending so much money...this better work feeling."

You won’t find many seller-financing deals here, so if you're looking to scale quickly, your next best option is the BRRRR method—using cash or hard money to acquire properties and DSCR loans to refinance into. 

My tenants just notified me that their unit got broken into and money was stolen.

They are worth the money for a good hot tub that is mentioned all the time in reviews and doesn't have a ton of issues.

Going direct instead of having a GC do the work will save you money too since that GC will put a percentage on top of work.