One side can't be expected to just eat the vagueness.

(I have read that CA likes to have their cake and eat it too by claiming any part of the chain of money/business no matter how small).2.

Thus interest is not eating us up.  

The bear will eat you.Where can I learn to do this properly?

The best advice on this topic, in my opinion, comes from 2 books:How to win friends and influence peopleNever eat aloneI am also looking for brokerages to work with or even experienced shadow / intern for to gain experience and additional knowledge.

Frequent turnovers can quickly eat into your profits.Instead, I’d recommend building up a solid reserve fund and addressing work orders promptly.

make friends.there's no rush. the worst possible thing you could do would be to put your nest egg into something and lose some of it and set yourself back.

I would lower the price and eat the cost for a year. 

In a short term, I'd eat the risk I'm not taking that for 1 year +. 

If you feel like you are scraping by, you might need to downsize the apartment, go out less, eat out less, cook more, etc.