to enhance their lives.

If it is already installed, in good condition, and doesn't hurt (or even enhances) your ability to rent to good tenants, leave it.

I believe that the leverage that I get greatly enhances my return on equity, and that with careful management, I can still cash flow safely after the mortgage payments are made.

Learning seller financing and submitting multiple offers(the right way) can enhance your career substantially.

About a month ago after working weeks of 16 hour days and a 2 week trial of trying to put a guy in prison for sexual assault I began thinking about giving up my day job. 

You will not enhance your standard of living from a 401k.What if I took that same money and put it into something that could pay me now AND pay me later?

That's an amusing correlation, Eddie: less sexual frustration = more world harmony....

This site has provided me with hours of reading material and very good info I plan on using to enhance my retirement.

I don't know your specific market but I believe that would be extremely difficult to cash flow with numbers like that after expenses.Owning rental property is a capital intensive business and not having adequate reserves could lead to making bad decisions.I would spend some time on BP reading about the 50% and 2% rule when evaluating properties as well as discussions that outline the true costs of owning and operating rental property.I would assume that want to get into owning rental property to enhance the quality of your life.

I sealed the slate before putting the grout in, and intend to seal/use an enhancer in a few weeks after its dried out.