More difficult after spending money on a rehab, but it might be worth an appointment with an attorney.  

The only thing that bests fear is courage and we only need a mustard seed of that to get things going...People often spend money on college and never go in to the field they spent that money on...the greatest lessons and the ones most remembered are learned 'on the job'.Wishing you more good news in the future and an exceptional 2025. 

It’s simple, people who spend good money on the home of their dreams don’t want STR’s next door to them.  

I understand that starting out, depending on how fast you want to build your portfolio, you could spend a lot of time at it.For those with established investment portfolios, how much time is required to maintain it?

I'm in the greater Boston area and I wasn't able to fully live for free but I was spending about $700 on my unit.

This could be just specific to the real estate industry, but in both recruiting and cybersecurity consultants (hackers for hire), the ones that start their own business/consultancy, are the ones who after spending 2 years (usually exactly 2 years which is when recruiters will message them), the high performer will either 1.

If you are reinvesting it (highly unlikely), the time you are spending doing the work could be put to much better use. 

I don't want to spend all my capital, but I think I could potentially refinance and get some back.

The ways around that are to build a business around supporting their voucher and inspection program and spending no small amount of effort ensuring they are smoothly servicing your rentals. 

Don't forget to include how you are going to force those without insurance, or who don't want to spend the insurance money, on clean up.Then there's the question of refusing to spend tax dollars on protecting houses impossible to protect, but that's for another day.