If the answer is not a resounding yes I take a minute and re-evaluate what I am doing.Once you have for some people 7 figure wealth and others 8 figure wealth you let off the gas and start enjoying more fruits of your labor as you get older and time becomes more and more precious. ( Dust in the wind ) song is very real (not another minute will your dollars buy).

In essence, your $5K set aside is "lost day zero cash-flow" to juice "near-term cash-flow".

They go after the low hanging fruit and what's given to them.

From 1990 to 1998 I wasn't included in real estate business, I was a self-employed entity for fruitful deals and advertising organization that advanced and sold some items.

Surrounded by fresh produce from vegetable and fruit farms - famous for their Pueblo Chilies. 

This is enough for you to see the fruits of your labor, get excited, and continue your journey.  

As the IRS is gearing up with additional auditors, the low hanging fruit are depreciation schedules.

All the hard work put in now is a seed that will bear wonderful fruit later.

(Low hanging fruit).

It took me over a year and a half of religiously posting on BP to see the fruits of my labor significantly pay off.