what strategies are you currently using to acquire properties and what is your routine before knowing which properties to go after?

It is very uncomfortable when I ask a realtor about comps and I get uncertain responses which appear to be guesses.

I just don’t want them to be stressed out or uncomfortable late in life.

If you figure out how much you can comfortably save every month, (let's say 1k hypothetically) you take that cash right out of your paycheck and right into your savings routinely.

I'm not gonna lie... it was very uncomfortable to simultaneously feel so foolish while also experiencing a twinge of panic.

It is very uncomfortable conversation to tell someone our estimate was wrong, this is why we are conservative on our estimates.

Then scale as fast as you are comfortable (or uncomfortable) doing.

@Timothy LivingstonWish I had a great answer for you, but what helps me is simple routine.

While it would have been a substantial cost up-front, it would have made a considerable amount of money in the long term, simply in terms of routine maintenance and return in higher rents.

I've had social workers working for agencies who routinely defend their client's behavior, as if violent, argumentative behavior, domestic violence, illegal drug use, violation of lease terms, and of course, always combined with non-payment of rent, were just a "cultural" difference.