Let me guess  you do feel “that guilty”  it’s easier to ignore $500 you didn’t get than $500 you have to spend  According to you she has saved $6-$12k per year every year she’s been there.

I've always used a mix of tools to track my net worth and spending.

I think a lot of times you get what you give - I've been a part of a couple during times where I really just wasn't spending time interacting, making posts, doing the assigned tasks, attending all the calls, etc.

Starting in Highlands neighborhood (or northside) which used to be a very rough part of town, is now the one of the top 3 most desirable are in the metro and this has slowly trickled down into neighborhoods south.I am an engineer so I love to base my decisions on data, so for example looking at census data, I like to look at % of high income earners in an area to gauge if I should invest or notFor 80204 which includes the neighborhood of Villa Park, in 2010 the % considered upper middle/high income was 4.2% of households. 2022 census says that now it is 40.5%On the other end is 80219 which includes the neighborhood Westwood which would have the lowest income area on my list, in 2010 Westwood had 4% as well, by 2022 it had 21.1% high /upper middle income earners.I have properties in both and tenant applicants are a wide variety (lower income folks on rental assistance to high income earnings wanting to rent in an area before buying a home) so its hard to put a property class in this area. 

I’ve been listening to the BP podcast for sometime now and finally decided to go on the website and spend some time here.

I wanted to introduce myself as I am incredibly anxious to step foot into the incredible world of REI and would love to know if there are any local investors that meet/would like to meet on a semi-regular basis.I currently have a full time job in outside sales in the Arvada area so I do a lot of driving around which enables me to spend a lot of my time listening to podcasts and educating myself but I would love to get to know some players within my local area to really dive deep into the subject and in which I could potentially be of value in the future.

Go fly in for the day, or better yet spend a night. 

Spend less to make more and look at 2-4 unit multifamily homes - more doors more income.If you have any questions feel free to reach out running the numbers is easy and it might be exactly wha you need to make the next move.  

It definitely is cumbersome and I could spend the time to “re-tool” it but I’m too busy hunting for deals and managing rehabs!

They are a wealthy family and I don't think they were bad folks or anything but they wanted to spend a lot of money bringing it up to snuff.