A few years back we had a huge fire in our area, and it burned hundreds of homes.

Soot builds up by burning fuel, not by shutting off the fuel.

Talking with a friend at a "boutique Brokerage" they were burning though $34k per month on JUST marketing spend.

SEO is among top priorities once you get rolling, but PPC is costly and it's easy to burn a lot of cash unless you know what you are doing.

The owner is out of town and he got burned by the third party (they took off with rent, records, etc.) he tried using as management.

Your two biggest risks are underinsurance and liabililty.I had a cabin burn to the ground a few years ago in the Gatlinburg fire. 

But what you do when you just start out, with lots of options out there (that come with risks to burn a lot of cash really fast, when you shouldn't do it)?

The potential consequence of this misuse is a grease fire that could potentially burn my unit or the entire building down.I have reported this issue to the city multiple times, contacted my condo association, and sent emails to my alderman, but all my efforts have led to nothing.

Hey Austin, what about the HVAC company is burning you out?

Thanks,Marko Hey Marko, I like the duneland area a lot (Chesterton, Porter, Burns Harbor).