@Alison Chappell I own a condo a Sugar Beach.

I won't sugar coat it - downtown is a mess - but there are so many fabulous neighborhoods and suburbs that are thriving, we're selling a lot of homes and rents are going up and up.

The sugar approach is always best but the salt shaker I always keep in the glove box if need be.

My goal is to acquire the initial property through my savings efforts with a 20%~ down payment and then not touch the cash flow for personal consumption but instead roll it into my savings efforts to save faster and acquire a second property, and a third etc. 

My goal units are largely determined by the velocity still measured more by the consumption therory by the shot glass or by the mug!

Since investing there, I am being drawn to look at some properties north of Independence towards Sugar Creek.

However, if this is for personal consumption and you hope to offset costs with STR, then it sounds amazing.

Are there websites which make mortgage balance available for public consumption? 

I am in the information consumption phase so any insight/guidance would be much appreciated.

:http://www.mysanantonio.com/business/article/Financial-roof-falls-in-on-pair-of-house-flippers-4559692.phpLinked for your consumption :-)