Despite the extra requirements we had plenty of showing and very little vacancy. 

That could potentially take away all the extra from increasing $150 for several years.

You can find online mortgage calculators that allow you to play around and see what happens if you do an extra payment or increase your payments.

It almost feels like they make it difficult on purpose so they get extra revenue on late fees.

Otherwise perhaps your winter people will pay $500 extra if your cap is $500 and that is not what your competitors will be doing. 

I will begin the process of suing him, hoping to add extra pressure.

Now to provide extra comfort and convenience to our buyers (who are mostly out of state) we agree to help them out by getting them set up with local property management that we work with closely as well as assisting management market the property for rent to place tenants.

I was strongly considering joining before I read this, now I am going to go the hard route, but probably best to just stay active on here and go the extra effort to network with accomplished developers in my area.

Even simple extras like local guidebooks or maps can make a big difference.

I know it seems like a tough task, but can you spend a few more months or a year while you continue to learn to really tighten the budget or find ways to earn a little extra to start from a stronger position?