I just don;t have the energy to pursue litigation.

I get the frustrations of laundry and especially losing expensive luxury linens that gain 5-star reviews and very happy guests.

Your journey into short-term rentals sounds like an exciting shift—I can feel your energy for taking on a new challenge. 

This added so much to the overall cost and took up more of my time than I expected.Overall, it was a huge waste of time, money, and energy.

But, Harry, I would give them 5 Stars and you can tell them I sent you.

Instead of 40 houses cash flowing $200 each or $8000/month, you buy 10 houses and pay them off for a cash flow of $10,000/month with 1/4th the headache.People don't understand the amount of time, energy, and stress involved with managing a lot of doors, especially if they are lower-class properties typically needed to generate cash flow.

@Ben LeybovichI think in the perfect world, new investors would spend enough time and energy learning how to analyze properties themselves, what the various calculations mean, etc.

What I do have is relentless energy, focus, and the drive to succeed in real estate.I’m diving headfirst into multi-family and commercial real estate because I know this is where true wealth is built.

There is a tremendous amount of energy around the long term prospects for the Cape. 

My first question is do I pick a good, better, best system that costs from less to more $$ and do I justify the more expensive energy efficient system to grab a little higher rents since tenants will save money.