But, one of the tenants said they might not make their rent payment on time, which meant technically they both would be late on rent.

I “assume” they meant you wouldn’t defer all your taxes if you used leverage on a $450k purchase instead of “spending” all your cash.

Not every house is meant to be flipped by us.

Nicest sections are closer to Grandview Ave/Duquesne Heights.verna- out side of Pittsburgh: I think you meant Verona if so it's a C+ area pretty good school district in Riverview.

@Matthew Paul: My dad wasn't meant to do real estate.

While the $600 per month insurance bill is hefty, I remind myself that being closer to the ocean would have meant even higher costs.One of the key lessons I've learned is the importance of timing.

When I ran the numbers compared to US real estate, the added leverage potential here meant that it was not worth the additional hassle to continue investigating Dubai. 

The wrong chemistry, well, see what happens if you put a few drops of brake fluid into dry pool chlorine (actually, do not do this!).

I just meant to say that it's our next goal to build that up, having just gone on a spending spree on fixing up both properties in a short period of time.

I apologized and said (and truly meant) I'd follow up on it and improve for the future.