It's a life style decision only.

But that was a definite lifestyle change, and probably not a turnkey solution you can expect of your typical tenant.Given that you need to get the ones that are hiding between the baseboard and wall, in the little nooks and crannies, and all that, I too would suggest nuking the place with 300 degrees of glorious inferno.

How can I get out of this constant pay check to pay check life style without credit or a good source of income.

My interest, as a newbie, is to find properties that will give me a healthy rental income and as I earn enough from one to keep adding units.

So, given that there was a crash 10 years ago (and some people forecast another big one soon) and there are plenty of investors that do ultimately fail in healthy economic times, what does that look like, and how do you recover?

@Omar Khan, great lifestyle but betting harder to do RE business. 

It's in your best interest to keep a healthy reserve balance for the property to support these ebbs and flows of cash flows.

Those of us that have been successful often try to be incouraging and supportive without considering we may be imparting false hope.Take the time you would put into growing from nothing and concentrate working 2-3 jobs saving every penny by living a frugal life style.

Through our frugal lifestyle and habitual savings we were able to reach our $50,000 goal in less than three years.

Do you also have a healthy savings account?