I'm sure you can keep it going, but new is going to look more favorable to the customer (tenant) and your wallet (cap ex) in the years to come.

So I always tell people to leave their wallet at home at the meetings.

Store credit cards are a waste of money once you get past their initial rewards for opening the account.The only really persuasive argument I've heard for keeping lots of credit cards in your wallet beyond the standard Visa, Mastercard, American Express, and Discover assortment is for the purpose of travel hacking or some kind of rewards program.

If it is our jobs, are the cheap test kits you can get at a hardware store a reliable way to test for led, or would we be better hiring a professional inspector (there are not many in our area)? 

Plus, as you mentioned, you then enjoy the flexibility of improved layouts and updated hardware (soft-close, easier to adjust, etc).I take a very similar approach to you - you have to get your feet wet before you can truly learn what works/doesn't work.

So I happened to be near an Orchard Supply Hardware today and saw they're going out of business and everything is 50%-90% off.

So treat your investing as a business, let it grow and grow and before you know it you can easily pay off those loans without feeling pain in the wallet.

I’m sure as Dad this will be a tough conversation because the last thing you want to do is have him get comfortable will a credit card in his wallet but have him open up a low balance credit card, $1500 limit or so tops.

Most landlords are fine with AirBnB as a marketing channel when I explain that I market to business travelers who will be staying for 30+ days.The property improvements I make are cosmetic: interior paint, new light fixtures, new cabinet hardware, new combination door locks, adding nice towel racks, fixing broken closets, shelving if necessary, etc.

I loved going to hardware stores with dad, and watching the contractors who remodeled my house.