This would give me the $28,750 I need for a down Payment on the new rental with $10,250 spare as reserves for 6+ months on the property and any light repair work that may be needed.

For the next few which were closer, I just ordered/shopped locally and got everything in my spare room.

You have a spare key, and, you are going to change the locks as soon as your tenant vacates, right?  

Keep a 'few spares' and be done.

I'm living here too and sharing kitchen spare, laundry, and living rooms.I also get inquiries from old people.

I love to handcarve tobacco pipes, invent and fish in my spare time!!!! 

In fact, if I personally saw a property that was an absolutely smokin' deal and a perfect rental property in every other way except for it having an inground pool, then I would consider buying it and factoring in the cost to demo and fill in the pool with compacted dirt then sod, or perhaps put a deck over it.

@Clayton SmithKeep hitting the job search and spend every spare minute of time developing relationships with the active real estate investors in S/A.

My goal is to save for a down payment on a second home - move in (sorta), and rent the spare rooms.

My street is private and our contractor always shows up after everyone has come and gone causing it to be too compacted to plow.