The owners were pushy—change order after change order, from “move the hot tub” to “add a skylight”—and we didn’t push back hard enough.

If there is not a actual possibility of you moving up the ranks or making more it's time to do something else.

.: I love the technology the makes moving money easier (apple pay, venmo).

Current tenants are coming up 3 years in the house with no plans to move.

Want to move?

I know Florida, Texas, and North Carolina are seeing huge growth but I don't really see myself moving to any of those states mainly because of the hurricanes/floods/and the heat in Texas.I'm assuming the problem I'm having is a result of the high insterest rates, housing shortage and affordability, but I'm wondering if it's like this everywhere right now?

On a $50k down payment, he is seeing a $45k gain in annual (compounding, so that number gets bigger every year) appreciation along with the loan balance being paid down little by little  each month.Now that example did not cash flow because he lived in one of the units, but if he moves out in a year or two, it will.

I just look at trends of follow where the Bay Area people are moving 

Or, you could move out and leave this first purchase as a rental and buy another.

I am hoping to find an investor that I can assign this sub-to contract to and help them close in 15-30 days so they can move on with their lives and save their marriage Lessons learned?