Great energy with this group.

I can think of mortgage, taxes, insurance, STR insurance, water/sewer, electricity, trash, internet/cable, cleaning (can pass through), supplies, and software.

I put in some new flooring and paint, minor electrical, and a couple of ceiling fans (approx 20k in repairs, appliances, travel, and holding)I put in a new refrigerator, washer and dryer, and leased it myself to a family a few months later (6 months lease) through an insurance company because of their home being a total loss.

I did all the work myself except electrical and 1/2 of the painting.

As I go through this journey I have also decided to educate myself in real estate investment so that I can be best prepared for July 2020, this is the point when I will be debt-free and will be shifting all my energy to actively investing in real estate utilizing the BRRR method.To that end, I have made it a goal to analyze 2 properties per day so I can become familiar with my area and become comfortable analyzing properties...and that is where my issue is.

The cost is prohibitive to make them fully compliant by adding ceiling height, windows, doors, electrical upgrades, plumbing upgrades, etc, but the city is also aware that it can't lose all of these truly affordable housing units. 

The ocean surface temperature in the Atlantic is already at a record high in basically late spring and that provides a lot of energy for big storms..

Getting an MBA would not help me one bit, so I'd say that's probably a waste of time, money and energy. 

You're asking someone to spend a lot of time and energy to share what they've spent years - maybe decades - learning and developing.

They are one part of the story and does keeping the investment fit into the other dimensions of your life, meaning do you want to be a landlord and do you have time, energy and skills.