Things like packing, shipping, storage fees, earnest money lost on another purchase contract, loan fees on a new home, even meals and lodging after cleaning out their home.

Hi @Eric Oswald,If you are willing to do some assembly yourself, I purchased great cabinets from Custom Service Hardware Although they are online (not in NJ), they shipped in a couple weeks, were easy to assemble and look great.  

I ended up in my current landlord-ship role due to the 2008 housing bubble burst, where I became “stuck” with a property.

Timing was a bit of an issue as they have to be shipped in.

If BP is on to it, that ship already sailed or is about to get oversaturated.

I told him that he's the "captain of the ship" and needs to stay.

Our idea at the time was to buy large lots out in the desert and put small spec built homes using shipping containers.

Have you any advice for a newish investor who is torn between playing it safe(waiting for a certain period before acquiring any more) or continuing until I reach my goal.Below is some info so that you might get a better understanding of my goals and where I am coming from.My goal: I am currently one full year out of college working as a marine engineer aboard a ship.

No reason to jump ship if there's nothing else to jump to.

So we jumped ship to commercial, and had to shut the company down.