Ultimately after 15 yrs the mortgage has been paid down so cannot complain much.

Interestingly, I saw a paid ad for their inner circle training program on my FB feed just yesterday.

Definitely a very expensive lesson learned, need recommendations for a reasonable priced, good contractor please?

Increase earnings, reduce expenses, save up, and invest.

I have a template that I use that includes projected income and projected expenses and I run the calculation myself, but if you like ones that do it all for you in addition to what has been mentioned above AirDNA has one as well.

Hi Brian, I have Obie in my properties now, although I've never filed a claim with them so far, they are the better rates I can find, ask for their tenant liability coverage, I paid an extra 107 dollars a year and they cover up to 100k if a tenant severely damage your property. 

I found really good deals and paid cash.

Its a lot easier to have a paid off portfolio of 2-3 properties earning you 10k/m in cash flow than 15 properties giving you the same return but are leveraged. 

Re-titling real estate can get expensive with the misc. transactional fees associated with the process + you are at risk of the lender triggering the due on sale clause if you don't plan on refinancing the real estate.

I considered starting out house hacking a MF, but it will only increase my monthly expenses, not lower them or provide cash flow.