There are also other unmentioned ongoing administrative and curative costs.  

Here is a list of meetups that is curated by the Straight Up Chicago Investor's Podcast. 

Title companies can do a lot of curative work, but if you have to go to probate and the property is worth over $50K, expect between 1 to 2 years on average. 

We have a local in Bellevue meetup monthly to freely chat about ideas, experiences, and sharing contacts to help curate a better real estate experience in the community.

I've also considered an auto title loan from my local CU. Rates

Sure, the current title company can help in preparing a release for execution, but that would be curative action to help get the current transaction to the table, not their responsibility.

Anything you can do to curate your space and make it stand out will help. 

I don't have time to curate the best material (and how would I even know what's best???)

Worked full time in college and randomly fell into a decent YouTube career on the side curating music.  

As memory serves, there's also a tasteful, personally-curated collection of adult videos and a lady of the night on call as well to contribute to the memorable occasion of booking a stay chez Sandhu...