For example, this can be adding square footage, adding an extra unit, or adding a pool in a STR market/luxury market.  

It shows you are serious and willing to go the extra miles to make it work.

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?

One thing that I would like to add to this list is making an investment without having enough extra money to get through the medium times as well as the bad times.

Purchase price: $82,077 Cash invested: $50,000 Sale price: $275,000 Fix & Flip mobile home with extra lot.

15 - 20 year hold time.The rental investment calculators show that the four $300k properties would have a lot more equity in the future and many times the cash flow after a few years, but does the extra maintenance, management time and expense, etc. outweigh the numbers?

The truth is, It  takes about 7-10 years to replace your w-2income.

We all know what goes on in bathrooms and what kind of extra care they need.

The reality is the opposite - if it's not in writing then the PMC doesn't have to provide the service or can charge extra for it!

Like maybe I could pull enough out from heloc on primary residence to pay off debt and then rent out my primary and use the extra cash to payoff heloc and then do another heloc once the original one is paid off.