Spend a little more money than you might have been planning to, buy in a better area (i.e. not a “turn key” 100k house off the mls), and self manage.

After spending 16,000 he's paying 2850.

Stop hanging out with your deadbeat buddies who spend all day drinking, talking sports, and otherwise wasting away.

For the 2-3 months of dry heat, (that most of us spend in the pool or at the lake) we get to enjoy 9-10 months of pure joyous weather without extreme rain, snow, hurricanes, tornados or any other extreme conditions. :)

So, instead of spending the time to move the stuff out of the apartment, we offered it as furnished.

You should only consider switching when your current software has a significant flaw or lacks features that force you to spend excessive time on workarounds.

But I generally don't find that clients need to spend that much money on the process when some simple coaching can make them comfortable in their search.

Stop hanging out with your deadbeat buddies who spend all day drinking, talking sports, and otherwise wasting away.

I am wanting to be able to stop working full time sooner than later as I would like to be able to spend more time with my family and enjoy life. 

I have the same dilemma and can't find a rock solid tool without spending 100's of hours building mine...much appreciated.