You will cut your cost of living down, and build equity at the same time. 

The Intuit rep indicated that we would be cut off if we let our annual subscription lapse.

I hired a guy that charge me $450 to cut up and haul away.

The city contacted me yesterday saying they had previous conversations with the owner and cutting 5ft into my yard to add a hiking/trail path.

In all seriousness, as many mentioned here, wholesalers are trying to make their cut and sell you the product.

He was unpleasantly surprised with the management/collection/vacancy/repairs challenges there were on them, which drastically cut down his returns, raised his stress level, etc, and he had a long difficult time finding an avenue to exit owning them.

We usually cut a permanent dryer vent in the wall and use that to exhaust it to the outside (instead of hanging a hose out the window, yikes again).If you don't have forced air in a property (meaning if you have hot water radiators) a mini-split system is one of the most cost-effective ways to cool a house.

Did you attempt it for a time but find it not worth the effort vs. other cost-cutting strategies? 

Is there any options other than cutting my losses?

After just doing months of researching on wholesaling, I learned at the end of the day...information overload stinks and there's too much fluff in having to cut through to learn what I ended up learning.