She lit the burner which had a piece of chicken on it she smelled, fortunately the fire did not spread, although the chicken was completely charred. 

I went down the side hustle route and decided it was easier to trim fat in my expenses FIRST.

@Krystle Housley  your day one is a total fairy tale  LOL as you suspected. and only a feel good story.real estate is highly regional  what works in one market does not work in another.Like here in Oregon its totally illegal to wholesale the way these guys teach it. you will get in troubled with a nice big fat fine and have to hire an attorney.

Welcome Steven Burner.  

I previously placed hard money leaders on the back burner due to hearing other investors focusing in on private lending for deals.

Local lender we had a relationship with and we locked the rate for 3 years at 4.3% on a fat 1st.   

A lot of fat was built during the recent booming economy, so people could get away with a STR in a bad area, or poorly managed, or bad purchase.

When banks are trimming down, 2nd lien Helocs are often some of the first "fat" to be trimmed.That's partially why we went for a 1st position LOC, as they have the staying power more similar to a traditional mortgage.

I had the roof replaced right away and I gutted the majority of the interior myself and then I had a few shady "contractors" rip me off on some work on the house last year and I kind of put the house on the back burner.

@Jonathan Farber Some card issuers will have a virtual credit card number feature where you can generate a number that is tied to your main account, but is not your actual direct, main, card number, allowing you to essentially set up virtual burner cards.