For her the revenues were falling and the rents were increasing which pinched the margins. 

Our house sleeps 10 or 12 in a pinch.

I am not trying to penny pinch just trying to ensure my rent meets inflation and taxes the second year to continue to cashflow. 

Buffalo NY, its cheaper, there are cash flow positive properties and you can drive here in a pinch.  

Those properties tend to sell at a bit of a premium, but with COVID bringing tourism on the island to record low levels, I'm noticing that more of these properties are starting to hit the market as people without adequate reserves are feeling the pinch. 

Well, I got tired of replacing rooms full of carpet because of sodie pop spills and went to a chocolate brown.

They also wanted to pinch every penny in regards to amenities and maintenance and ended up with a mostly undesirable property especially when compared to competition. 

A stock has never called and offered me terms and a discount because it is in a pinch.

Lots of people out there that have fancy marketing, Podcasts, You Tube channels, that can sell a melting chocolate ice cream cone to a person in white gloves.... but until you truly work with them, its hard to be sure who to trust. 

It's about making $, once your making enough that Uncle Sam is a gut punch vs a pinch, then worry about write-offs.