I have about 8K to start investing, which I know is not a lot, but with 3 kids living in SoCal, we are already pinching pennies.

you know who he is right or maybe your to young :) Didn't go mate,In Toledo for a week in early July.I don't know Robert Plant and am disappointed that I don't know of him lol I grew up with my mum being a clean freak throughout my childhood so she would clean all day and listen to ABBA, Boney M, Bee Gee's, The 4 Seasons, Fleetwood Mac, Rolling Stones, Hot Chocolate, etc...Wish I was born earlier mate70s and 80s music is the by far the best IMO lol lead singer for Led Zeppelin  watch  DC honors U tube with Nancy Wilson singing Stairway to Heaven she nailed it. 

You will not actually save money, and you will irritate the Contractor by penny-pinching and micro management.

Max leverage and keep the cash liquid and ready in a pinch. 

We don’t penny pinch.

Soft job market means tenants are pinching pennies.  

Right now, my only guests are the very well-to-do who don't feel the pinch that your average family does.  

If it is keeping you up at night and pinching your personal budget quite a bit, that's a different matter.  

My life is taking an expected turn and I'm in a kind of pinch.

If he does the above. 6 years later he will be eating Churros with chocolate in Seville.