Keep taking action on your end, and I'm confident you will far surpass your investing goals in a fraction of the time you thought possible.To your success!

What I've found is that the rents typically don't surpass the current mortgages and other expenses which makes it really hard (but not impossible).

I’m slightly over budget on renovation, but my targeted rents have been surpassed making my COC return slightly above my target, so a win.

The amount that I would have spent on contractors would have defiantly surpassed the $1800 mark. 

Gradually building up monthly cash flow to eventually match, and surpass my regular day to day career. 

My ultimate goal is to surpass $50K/month in passive income in the next 10 years. 

Do you think the improvement to my debt to income ratio from repaying the loans surpasses the value of the excess capital I could have from taking out the loans?

I remember the static one page that had bank foreclosure lists in the middle and not a forum.There were a few other forum type sites starting up back then but yours has far surpassed those in quality and number of members over the years.I will make it up to Denver one of these days. 

I agree grey is being surpassed by white.But, there is grey, and there is grey.Not all greys are the same.I don't do AirBnB (own or stay) , butOne of the decorators I worked with explained to me on a whole house basis they are trying to create a feel.

I always suggest consulting with an attorney to create an LLC, it provides protection and anonymity which easily surpass the cost.