Appreciation and cash flow.You can make an analogy of this and see this as an instrumentalist playing solos over the chords of your favorite song.In western music, there are 12 notes.

I also have a video production business (www.houstonstreetproductions.com) which provides services for film, video, music video, commercials, promotional videos, voice overs, etc. 

But I cannot count the number of calls I have received at 2 o'clock in the morning from a tenant who has "butt" dialed me while at the bar or what sounds like a great party with music blaring in the background.

Hello fellow real estate junkies, I have been lurking on the site for a while now, shamelessly devouring as much information as I can possibly digest. I'm currently a single family home investor with a steady day job ...

We are only a mile from a nice beach and boat landing as well as a local bar/restaurant that has live music, etc.

This home is owned by his business partner and they both moved to ATL to pursue being music producers.

I should try and make it a habit to listen to them rather than my music!

I try to spend the summers up there myself - it's just really special with great local bakeries/farms/foods, total relaxation with waterfalls and mountains and art/music festivals.Notes for all - You can easily check Airbnb to see what people are charging in any area and see their calendars to see how booked they are.  

So I came to an agreement with my first tenants I've had since purchasing a duplex one year ago that they would leave 2.5 months earlier than their lease expired.Too many problems to list but were basically too rude/loud and had to actually call the police several times to have them get the picture that they can't come back from the bar at 3 am and blast music, scream, and wrestle while I am trying to sleep below them.Anyways, the time has come and they will be leaving this Sunday, this is in Michigan BTW.

At present I am writing this post with a strange mix of a heavy heart and bright eyes.I must admit that once again a thread composed of the thoughts of investors so further along in the industry than I, has left me in a bewildering mixed state of melancholy and renewed exuberance.It has been made abundantly clear to me in short order as well that in the ecosystem of REI I would be likened to something like a near defenseless sea cucumber who expels their insides when they get freaked out in a mostly vain and benign means of defending itself.