A short term sacrifice like a longer commute or fewer amenities will open up your options. and 2) finding better financing for acquisition.

Since you're young and single this gives you the opportunity to build up wealth more quickly and make the sacrifices when you can afford to take risks.

When your "WHY" is so big, so strong, so internalized...you will sacrifice anything and everything to succeed.

If i have to sacrifice either one on a purchase I am walking away.And guess what.....all of my properties are in the Louisville market so it is very possible.If you would like to talk with an investor that has built a small portfolio here in Louisville i would be glad to have a cup of coffee together.

So sacrifice whatever you can to make the property the best in value to the tenants, pay your lender on time, and then you will be the last who gets paid.

Real investing takes dedication,  grit, years of sacrifice, dedication, and a lot of studying.  

There are worse sacrifices people make when they don't have any money. 

I knew life is not meant to be lived that way but I also knew that not having any financial backing from my dead parents meant that I had to make sacrifices (more work/less sleep/save money like your life depend on it) to get out of that situation.  

This is a fairly standard experience for purchases in low income areas with higher cash flow- you typically sacrifice passivity for the higher monthly returns.

Your personal choice to enlist and serve in the military and the personal sacrifices you made for our country, while noble, are not relevant to the landlord-tenant relationship.Sure, the laws also prescribe a process for tenants to resolve grievances against their landlord, but in my experience (in Northeast Ohio) it is point-blank untrue that a city would ignore a single mother with a toddler who came to them saying she hasn't had proper working heat, gas is shut off to the property, there are gas leaks and no hot water, she can't bathe or cook for her child, etc.I certainly would not tell a judge that the tenant could have cleaned her toddler in a public restroom while there was no gas or hot water in the property I'm leasing her for 3+ days.