If moderaters think the truth is too much, they are doing a disservice to the people that read this foru. 

Simply writing it down and making adjustments as you progress is all you need to do.For the rest of this post, I will assume that you want to create a reliable income stream to augment what you are currently earning or to replace your current earnings altogether.The ProcessThere are 4 steps, which are illustrated below.

Adapt or dig ones proverbial grave, that's the cold hard truth of things today. 

Seasoned flippers often lose money so I never understood how novices think they can jump in and have a risk free profitable first project -- sorry for being harsh but why bother saying anything if it is not the truth :-) -STR in Bethlehem is not allowed.

However, Canon's 10-18mm zoom lens blows that out of the water, 16.2 mm to the same maximum as the stock lens.Just as a discussion of megapixels is worthless here, a discussion of aperture and the Ricoh prime lens's clear superiority is almost as worthless -- no one shoots real estate without a tripod, and listing shots aren't exactly packed full of stunning examples of bokeh effects.So let's just tell the OP the truth -- there is no such thing as competent point-and-shoot outta-my-back-pocket DIY real estate photography.

It's important to understand average cap rates in any given area, but from there one needs to dig in and add your financing variables, appreciation, and depreciation (tax gain or loss) to get to a more accurate ROI.And yes, never take the seller's cap rate as truth.... do your own math.

So, if the one crew that worked on this job normally does $50,000 to $60,000 worth of business every month, then, I have to ask whether or not this $45,000 job was worth giving up $50,000 to $60,000 in business for very simple jobs that take 1 to 2 days and because the $45,000 job cost so much more for materials I figure that I lost a lot of potential business and would rather have walked away from the $45,000 job.Everything is about the final numbers and you have to do the math, diligently, or you never know the truth and only guess and invest blindly.

She was brave to share the unfiltered truth of her journey, I would suggest that you keep that in mind as you comment.   

I have ROTH IRA accounts that I could pull 10000k tax free from tomorrow if I chose to I have 30000K in savings roughly My current rentals together cash flow together gives me $1250/month ( this would take to long for me to build up more money in my opinion) I also have the ability to augment  my income at work through overtime I also have enough in retirement accounts to cover the 6 month PITI reserve requirements that lenders require for probably at least more 8 homes 

Truthfully ...