He became progressively unhinged as time progressed, especially when anyone made a comment he didn’t like or agree with, even if the comment was of a general nature.  

Who’s Disqualifiedyouyour spouseyour parents and/or your adoptive parentsyour natural grandparentsyour natural children and/or your adopted childrenyour stepchildrenThe spouse of your natural childrenyour grandchildrenAny fiduciaryAny people providing services to your IRA

At same time there operations costs are also expanding due to wage inflation naturally fallowing the "everything inflation" so yeah....

Most building codes by nature will not approve a home that small, most have minimum square foot requirements.

It sounds like most of your issues were insurance-related, which indicates this is a risky market based on natural disasters or something.

She needed to sell quickly to afford cancer treatment in Chicago that her insurance wouldn’t cover. 

You are going to have to send anywhere between 3000 to 5000 mailers to start to see a better probability to get a deal.That is simply the nature of the beast.Now as a reference.

., it's always difficult to answer questions of such general nature.

The only management cost I have is my own time, which outside of natural disasters is 1-2 hours/week at best.

Others meet at events, RE meetups, or even through social media—whatever feels most natural.3️⃣ Vetting: Vetting is crucial.