I am an experienced ICC Building Inspector and sometimes have to make a trip to the property to determine repair causes when its not clear or tenant photos won't do, but that extra trip and skill set has saved my owners thousands over the years.Just a few points - but take a good look at your leases - there may be significant "bucket holes" in your cash flow depending on how they are drafted.Finally, Steve Rozenberg from TX made some excellent points in his reply about running investments like a business and the 5 ways you can be making financial progress even if cash flow is not falling directly into your pockets each month (but I would want that to be the case) - if at least several of these 5 facets are not true for you, you may want to think about selling - but I would first improve things so your property performance looks better to diligent buyers.

Wood is like a sponge and if you dip a sponge in a bucket it can only soak up so much water, same sort of situation.

That has been one of the things that I struggle with, how do I go from 1-3-5 without having buckets of cash in the bank for down payments, reserves etc

Rinse out the mop in a 5 gallon bucket of water.

I will be in Charlotte Oct 11th if you have one then I would come over and hit a bucket of balls and meet folks it will be fun.. going to Charleston next day ..

I have a somewhat different system for filling my deal bucket. 

That’s a drop in the bucket for a 1M investment.

There are a bucket load of Meet-ups and RE Networking events and therefore opportunities to build your team.Best wishes and look forward to meeting you at an Event one day soon.

They did not bring the bucket truck to lift off limbs. 

I did leave a bucket under the leak today.