She'll be able to get her truck out and have a steady cash flow for a couple years and I get a little house I will have no problem renting out for $650 a month.

If your properties have fixed rates, you're in an area with steady rental demand, and you're cash flowing, I don't find there is much to fear about a downturn if you're doing buy and hold.

We replaced the refrigerator because it’s temperature was varying more than it should; she monitored its temperature.  

If it is in the right area where rents are steady, good appreciation, or in the path of progress, the exact same numbers can be a completely different deal if it is located in the wrong area.

Slow and steady wins the race, get-rich-quick falls on its face.Yeh, I just made that up.

We've had 4 kids in that time span so I chose to keep my income steady but growing while consuming 100+ books and working up the ladder from a manufacturing welder into managing the business.

I love your story of slow and steady learning before investing...the first purchase is always the most difficult - at least it was for me.

If you are feeling compelled to buy because the cash flow sounds great, be aware that a 100-yr-old house is going to need steady ongoing maintenance, which you don't seem to have factored in.

This might not be an appropriate path for you, but, whatever the path you choose, remember that a slow and steady progress along your pre-determined path will take you a long way: hard work, integrity, and results...that is my simple formula.

If you want to check, maybe buy a couple of daylight and a couple of 2700 K ones at the store, and try them out at your house.This rating (the color temperature) is not always on the front of the LED lamp box.