Clarify your investment goals to guide your property choices.

Here's some advice and insights on utilizing private money and home flipping to get started:Private Money: Lenders of funds to real estate investors that provide better returns on investment than standard financing choices are known as private money lenders.

If I did, then I WOULD have a choice to make - should I invest these funds or pay my house down faster?

If I have choice of more doors or more return per door, I would choose more return per doorMy 9 rental properties have rent of about $60k/month.  

How does your software of choice streamline operations and enhance guest/tenant experiences?

What you get when you let a tenant paint is roller-marks of the wall color on the ceiling, drips and runs, patchy covering, spilled paint, silly accent walls/ too many colors, uneven lines on edges and in corners, splatters, blistering, bubbling, peeling, the wrong sheen, visible brush marks and roller strokes, trim painted the same color as the walls, electrical outlets and switches and even light fixtures, vents, cold air returns, fart fans etc. all painted when they shouldn’t be, not enough coats where paint actually should be, and terrible color choices (almost always too dark or too weird).

And then a minimally upgraded flooring choice may translate to reduced wear and tear, and therefore, less future capex costs and higher perceived value to a tenant or prospective tenant.

It's not because it's a choice, it's because there are no choices but to do that. 

I think any brokerage will be a good choice, but each comes with it's pros and cons.

Two years later it doubled again.The choice is yours.