Their deposit was not much to even cover the rent, cleanup, and pet fee.Trying to find ways to eliminate as much lost. 

To offset the higher cost of electricity, you can spend money upgrading insulation and eliminating drafts. 

Saving becomes a lot easier when you eliminate or reduce your rent with the house hack.

Consistent screening standards can and do eliminate 99% of welfare applicants without discrimination.  

If you look for strictly an investment property you may have some cash flow but you do not eliminate any of your own monthly expenses for housing.

We then treated the unit while she was in residence (to eliminate chance of them spreading).

Don’t try to mix them into one person, I think you are eliminating a lot of great advisors on both sides in that case.

Sweat equity will reduce or possibly eliminate the negative cash flow. 

On top of the 6 months only for the subject home, you now need 2%, 4% or 6% of the aggregate unpaid loan balance and 2 months PITI for your primary and second home This can be eliminated as well if your primary or second home isn’t the subject property.

A good set of plans is essential to getting solid bids and eliminating costly mistakes.