It always feels good to have no debt, that's for sure.

I am single with no kids.

I did not see marketing costs, nights that you need to spend at networking meetings paying for dinners or memberships.

While I will still lose money on it in the long run, I'm at least breaking even on it monthly and no longer have the headache of it. 

I currently have about $50k in cash and am looking to spend no more than $250k on my first property (less depending on the area, number of units, etc.), inclusive of any renovation costs. 

Here there is no high maintenance cost for repairing homes, but your lose some control over the quality of the tenants.

Typical maintenance and capex, no real disasters. 

As big as you are, you should consider moving the properties into multiple LLCs (my personal rule is no more than $1M in single familys in one LLC, but this may need to be higher in your area). 

That will cost you lots of donuts and coffee.   

Now, these outfits hire lots of influencers and affiliates, with no expertise, no financial background, and apparently limited ethics, to put it kindly.