How do you balance the wants vs. needs game while still enjoying life today?

Quote from @Logan Williams: As a former student at the U of A, big rival games, homecoming, and greek life family weekends are a huge influx of people looking for lodging, with only a few hotels in close proximity to the University, STR's that are attractive can be few and far between.

Finding ways to recycle cash/buy equity is the name of the game.

I am new to the real estate game.

Don't play the blame game.

Congrats on getting in the game.

Most seller finance notes have interest rates in the 9-10%+ range.Also, 5% down is very little skin in the game for the borrower.

We are late in the game but hopefully we can catch-up leveraging the plethora of knowledge that exists on this platform. 

This is my first property so of course it's harder to keep my head in the game with %100 vacancy. 

Think of it as free vs pay to play video games.