You might be surprised with the amount of "trapped" equity you have in your current properties that you might be able to "unlock" to finance your next property. 

I hope this helps keep others from falling into the same trap.

Needless to say, do not fall into the trap of reading REI books over and over again.

Beyond real estate investing, BiggerPockets Money has great episodes on how to avoid the middle class trap with your investments - ie how to structure your investment best so that they're not all locked up in accounts with penalties until you're 65. 

The last event was a vape stuck in the s-trap of the toilet that required toilet to be replaced.

My team and I are also out-of-state investors, including a managing partner who was born and raised in Toronto.We’ve been investing in Cleveland for a little over a year now and currently own 22 units in the area.

I am aa TX gal, born and raised!

I have offered to provide snappy traps for tenants in the past.

Dont fall into the $/sf trap or start thinking "$50k SHOULD be able to update a small house".

I was born and raised in my targeted investing area.