The gas bill has been coming in pretty high lately. 

Hey Loren, while your concerns are valid, you're not necessarily overthinking it.

That's a valid point.  

So FOR ME over the past 14 years I only needed about 1 per month to have over $3M cash in my retirement accounts.My point to MY opinion is Short sales are still a valid real estate strategy to consider now.

If your plan is to use the card to help advance the material purchasing while waiting for draws, thats a valid reason to use a credit card, but I see too many inexperienced investors get crushed thinking they can use a credit card to cover the improvements or even the downpayment and I urge you to stay clear of this strategy.

But it’s a simple gas furnace, no frills, not much tech, no AC, and I’ve seen them go for a long long time.

@Dave Hart, costs and taxes may sound like a valid reason to raise rent and probably makes sense if you mention rising costs to a tenant but in reality they have nothing directly to do with whether you should raise rent or by how much.

I seriously feel like I leave these retreats with solutions, feeling un-stuck, feeling inspired, feeling validated, motivated, reassured, confident...

@Spencer Elliott  Here is how we get it funded.We need the builder to partner with another GC/ Builder who has the experience and can get validated with our construction department

Women and elderly people have been the targets while walking on the sidewalk during the daytime and women get car windows smashed while in the car at stoplight, gas station or parking lot while the criminal takes the purse/laptop bag on the passenger seat.