If you've got a $2k mortgage, saving $6k for 3 months should be chicken feed as an investor - nothing you can do anything substantial with, in other words. 

The one with particularly ugly brick(black, oranges, yellows) I matched the brick to Behr Pumpkin Butter and painted the wall around the fireplace as an accent and painted the rough cedar mantel something different, lighter creamy yellow.

Best BBQ in KC: Q39 on 39th st (go for the judges plate with ribs, sausage, & something else, the chicken is amazing too)... and Joe's KC on 47th (Zman & fries!)

The days you are not busy doing real estate stuff you should plan on being at a kids ball game, a pancake breakfast at the local Lions club, a school play that you donated $50 for, getting your car washed at a local fundraiser by the soccer team, volunteering at a local chicken BBQ, taking your dog to agility classes and meeting people etc etc.

My main goal right now is to learn the ins and outs of the industry, and purchase my first property before the start of 2018.On the reading list right now is:The Ultimate Beginners Guide to Real Estate Investing (Brandon Turner)The Miracle Morning (Hal Elrod)The Book on Rental Property Investing (Brandon Turner)Since these first posts are more meant as an Ice breaker, I'll throw out that my favourite kind of ice cream is vanilla, because it pairs with toppings so well, and tastes good by itself.

Tie to sell...especially those homes that have chickens in the living room and a dog kennels in the back bed room...

You're playing with chicken bones. 

I have a little chicken or the egg issue though - part of the resource I was going to use to look for deals was the MLS, however, I can't get access to it until I work with an agent.  

My own dog jumped a 6' fence I put in, and terrorized the neighbors chickens.

Unfortunately, my rental has been more of a tax write off this year because of some poor construction chickens coming to roost.