But, a couple of weeks ago I started hearing noises that I interpreted to be squirrels either fornicating or having the babies.

You don't want to arrive in Denver and be left out of unplanned events.

It wouldn't have worked if I had planned to hold the house (or got stuck with it unplanned) but since I fixed it up and resold it in just a few months I was able to pay them off from the sales proceeds.

Look at trees close to the roof and needing to cut back branches where the leaves pour in to heavy into the gutters and also branches cause critter problems with squirrels etc. accessing the roof and getting into the walls and chewing on electrical etc.

Now the sugar glider is a nocturnal squirrel that I’ve had as pests in my attic before , they are like mice with tails in my opinion , get into everything .

That's being really conservative, putting aside $250 a month for unplanned maintenance/vacancy.

I had an issue with squirrels and utilized ABC Wildlife at https://abcwildlife.com.

There was a mouse and squirrel problem so it was loaded with feces.

Leave a significant budget for unplanned items so your overall goal or project is not at risk of failure.

I'm super motivated and willing to put in the work to achieve financial security so that I don't have to rely on the gig economy lol.My short term goal is to buy my first investment rental property maybe in South Side, Squirrel Hill, Lawrenceville, Mt.