When discretionary spending dries up, travel typically plumets.

A wealth of information without spending a lot of money.

Would you want to spend the time on it to renovate? 

I purchased a home three months ago that came with 3 households and plenty of land to build on for 288.

However, it's been six months since we hired a property management company, and the property is still not rent-ready.Now, the management company is telling us that we need to spend $8,000 to get the property rent-ready after a pagedale occupancy inspection.

If you're spending your time counting trivialities like this you are "tripping over dollars to pick up pennies".

Stop hanging out with your deadbeat buddies who spend all day drinking, talking sports, and otherwise wasting away.

Also, eventually, the renovations are out of date or worn and you need to do another cap ex spend. 

It would be out of state for me but my job is very flexible and I would be able to spend some time in Knoxville if needed.

There is strong evidence of slowed consumer spending.