You'll need to decide exactly what you invest for (cash flow, appreciation, cool factor) and what your ultimate goal is (be the awesome landlord, manage the managers, drink mohitos on the beach, etc.).

You must drink coffee like it's going out of style.  

Take a rag with denatured alcohol and rub it.

Of course we all want the best of both worlds; that is a hidden gem on a secluded/private beach, but close enough to a town to find good eats, drinks, and shopping.

Overall I imagine it's not the get ready to order fancy drinks on the beach forever moment we dreamed of.

Just because we work together does not mean we are going out for drinks...

I thought about if for a minute and remembered all of the straw purchases I have witnessed and all of the inner city people smelling of alcohol and drugs buying "hollow points" in a caliber they did not know because they bought the gun loaded (usually some obsolete round like .32 ACP or something strange like .327 magnum).

In order to increase sales, she decides to allow her loyal customers - most of whom are unemployed alcoholics - to drink now but pay later.She keeps track of the drinks consumed on a ledger (thereby granting the customers loans).

, brushing my teeth, washing my hands, drinking, etc.

I almost spit out my drink when I read this.How on earth can they ask for more money when the industry has suffered drastically over the past few years?