The control board went out on it, just like the control board once went out on a relatively new front load washing machine. 

I would end up with cash to buy more houses, but my monthly debt load goes up and cashflow goes down.

The $55 tax that is paid every year on a 15 year old car probably cost $40 to collect when you figure fully loaded overhead. 

Some of these include:1) Your product/value proposition2) Marketing/Management/Customer Success3) Systems, Automations, Efficiency4) LocationTo me, #1 has the biggest weight on the success. 

While we have not yet secured our first property, we have spent the last year+ educating ourselves, networking, driving for dollars, and substantially reducing our debt load.  

In your case, it sounds like some non-load bearing partition walls were removed creating a larger bedroom which is pretty insignificant.

Point is, they are all in the business to make loads of money and they do not make money paying claims.  

He is worth his weight in gold!

Well, that's a loaded question. 

Same for emails, voicemails and texts.It doesn't sound like you were represented by a buyer's agent and this is a perfect example of why a good Realtor is worth his weight in gold.