I can sort of afford to not make a ton of money on it but I am taking care of my husband who had a stroke and I am the sole provider.

Where I am, and we have a lot of units under contract for lawn care, we still spend about $1000 per SFH on annual lawn care.

Anyone have experience with this, tips for starting out? 

@Travis BoydYou must have put down a pretty good down payment for only a $2400 paymentIf anything I would get a line of credit versus selling as you are also gonna lose the rate on your home and who cares if you are paying taxes over $500k is the way I look at it.

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Generally there is consensus that DSCR Lenders can only offer a 1% prepayment penalty for up to 3 years in MI, but some lenders have recently reportedly been flaunting this rule - I would just tread carefully here in this area, generally not advisable to get potentially tangled up in a flawed legal doc with a non-sophisticated or fly by night lender

I don't like mixing the two - it can get messy if he stops mowing due to mechanical or health issues, etc.

I’m a mother, a wife, and I work in healthcare, so balancing everything is tough, but real estate is my passion, and I’m chasing my dreams.

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