I think I can wipe out $650-700 in recurring payments in exchange for a $200-250 per month mortgage payment bump.

A recurring $600 payment at 10% cash return (again, ignoring the equal importance of appreciation and debt paydown on any incremental properties purchased) has an end value of $123,921 after that same ten year period.

., 11/01/2018), so we are only at the beginning stages of our mechanical and electrical renovation process, but have already been able to eliminate certain recurring operating expense items that were unnecessary and provided no incremental benefit to the property from being incurred.

Our return calculations include all significant recurring costs (taxes, insurance, management, closing costs, debt services, etc.) with a 20% down 30 year loan.

Maintenance in general is recurring tasks to 'maintain' the property.  

This seems to be a recurring topic.

Of course, utilizing other performance metrics/ratios encompasses more idiosyncratic factors, such as financing terms, closing costs, estimates for recurring capex, growth forecasts, etc.

Put a recurring "We Buy Houses" ad in your local paper and pennysaver publication.

its even worse I have many times seen parents lose their homes because the kids talked them into mortgaging them and taking the money and blowing it.. therby leaving the parent destitute and homeless.. you see all kinds when you work the foreclosure properties. and this is a recurring theme across all demographics except Asian in my experience. 

It will track every trip I make by car (or train ;) ) and ask me if it was for business or personal- it will allow me to classify each trip (going for supplies, visiting buildings) and it will even auto classify recurring trips.