I’d like to get into this type of business.

A few clients or properties can suck up all of our time and attention and ultimately, prevent us from taking on more business. 

View it as a business expense like you do the mortgage. 

I'm still right side up due to getting a deal and finding a tenant who was willing to pay above market rent, but the point is this is a cash intensive business and little things can quickly add up to a lot of expense. 

We also have a finish carpentry business.

If you ask anyone in this business, note servicing is the Achilles heel and it is extremely difficult starting one from scratch. 

Most of us are running lodging businesses in areas that are zoned residential. 

Effectively a 'Firestorm' is a dry hurricane that rains fire, with nearly indefensible circumstances, just like the catastrophic flooding, hurricanes, tornadoes and other disasters they have and will intensify in severity and rapidity.Beyond directly impacted property owners, investors, insurers and businesses, the downhill effects of the SoCal fires on the immediate and surrounding areas are astronomical and still somewhat incomprehensible.

Flipping is a really tough business.

However, I am still very hands-on for my management business, typically logging 80 hours a week between my two jobs.