Should be in the parkway (on the street side of the sidewalk), look for a blue metal circle in the grass somewhere.

In reality your loss is probably closer to $600 -$700.

I'd recommend sitting down daily and writing down every single action steps that will help you get closer to your goal and mark each one off as you go.

So, your cash flow may be closer to even long term, even if you are losing short term. 

It was fine in my 20s and 30s but now that I’m closer to 50 I’m much less flexible than I was when I was younger.

And most will be able to pay the taxes when they come due, and put on a new roof, and put on a new coat of paint.As well as replace the carpets, cut the grass on a regular basis, replace the windows, reseal the chimneys when the liners crack, etc..It's unlikely that that these homes will fall into the slum category in 10 years or so, and make the asset underlying the loan virtually worthless.Or just vanish when the place starts to fall apart too much, due to no down-payment (no skin in the game 100% loans).Said the lawmakers who approved this.

Would you recommend starting with a flip closer to home to get familiar with the process before diving into the long-distance BRRRR?

They took a closer look at my case and eventually helped me get back in.

I manage my own short term rental and have one cleaner who does all turnovers and another individual who cuts the grass every two weeks.

In this case, we tell the tenants we have two requirements, one as long as we don't hear complaints and the grass doesn't touch the house that become a liability for the building, and at the end of the lease they turnover the property with the landscape in the same condition as how they moved in, then however they want to maintain the lawn to maintain that standard, we don't care.