Quote from @Tim Delaney: Quote from @Nilusha Jayasinghe: Quote from @Tim Delaney: It sounds like you would be in a good position to invest some or all of the RE emergency fund in a “safer” index fund.

Currently,I don't have any experience in RE investing but highly motivated to start it asap.

So, I wrote out a monstrous reply, and before submitting it, I re-read the quoted reply above.

Also, coming from running a business just think of RE as a business (which it is), the numbers have to work and your investments need to fit into the big picture.

This is a reality of investing in RE.

Re-stock is supposed to happen a certain way but I recently had a group staying for Christmas who reached out to ask if there were extra paper towels.

I am working with a RE-focused CPA this year who charges a flat fee of $2,500 and is very responsive so far.

Kholer 4.25" knap, lets max water flow in 2 seconds, result it never gets clogged, my favorite, they a re around $100 at the Home Depot 

You also have the ability to re-amortize the loan to suit your timeline.Let’s say I have a $500,000 interest-only mortgage on a property.

It also is helpful to have a California LLC in case you ever sell that property and move into another state so that you do not need to form a new LLC altogether with new operating agreement, just re-register in the new state as a new foreign LLC.