At the same time, they meet you where you're at, and nudge without pushing: We are grown ups, after all. 

If I were younger (I’m pushing 50) and my SO was more on board with the whole real estate investing program I would be moving into a new low down payment property every 14-15 months as soon as I had raised the money for a new down payment.

You could use the city water to fill the tank when it is available then it can be relied on during the water supply down time.It could be a wash on the costs depending.

If you make it "generic" and try to push rents, you will get some alright tenants, and of course, if you have a dirty property with half the lights burnt out, you will get less than stellar tenants.

One lender is pushing the 7/1 and the other tells me an ARM isn’t for investment properties.

The latter will be pushed by your lack of a job or pursuit for quicker financial freedom.

The bank who financed the construction was really pushing the end loans, but at the end of the day they were far better suited to the commercial loan than structuring a loan for the buyers.

A strategy I try and use is to push closing dates or pull them in to the beginning of the month to give you that extra time up front before the 1st payment is due.

I've been looking into as many possible avenues to find deals and collaborate with acquisitions wholesalers to help them push their deals.

Our expenses have gone nuts and we aren't able to, or ethnically able to push rents fast enough to break even.