I ran the numbers, negotiated a price decrease, and then performed inspections and purchased this package with cash.

One of my strategies will be to put money into energy efficiency to decrease heating costs, and increase my cash flow - Maine has some good loan programs/rebates that can really help tighten up a building, and finance efficient heating, so I'll be taking advantage of those.

Get some 25 year old 6'4" and 250 lbs of solid muscle to do it and give them $50 if the tenant leaves!

In some areas the sea level has decreased. 

Are prices in the next 12 months going to be flat, increase 1%-5%, 6%-10%+ or decrease? 

If RE investing is the main source of stress in your life, it may be time to set a new gameplan.Other stressors can arise, such as tenant issues, property damage from inclement weather, market cycles - decreasing rents and property values, etc.I don't know of anyone who has successfully invested in RE without experiencing stress and some point.

Some may have to decrease a little on those double digit increases. 

So, let’s just estimate and do the math $600k potential as Kris keeps spewing -$175 from the one deal her team messed up we are at $425 - $200k roughly I’ve decreased sales prices we are at $225k - about $150 estimate in dead deals she included (just estimating I didn’t go confirm this) we are at $75k - $50k in mailers, subscriptions etc we are at $25k -$30k I paid for her course I’m NEGATIVE $5,000 STILL and that doesn’t include her “50/50 split”. 

How do you decrease your risk as a landlord.

When I started enforcing the late fee with my first rentals, late rent decreased dramatically.