In this scenario if I can get the appraisal to come in where I want it and actually refi at $500k, the only costs I ate to acquire the property were the total $30k in closing costs.

So people bought and ate the losses till 2007/2008 came and punched them square in the face and they suddenly realized how little they knew about the real estate business and the charlatans at play in a field of the naive.  

The Board ate him and his broker alive.

Over the course of a year my wife and I fixed it up, rented to friends, ate peanut butter and jelly, did everything we could.

Be sure and treat him with a couple bills for his input. these ate starters.Getting Permits, etc.

This time I figured out my maintenance calories and just ate at a consistent calorie deficit.

Funny, we all ate rib eye cuts.

Over the first 18 months of ownership, I grappled with the repercussions of neglecting this aspect, which ate into our cash flow significantly.

I have no car payments, i will have no mortgage payment when the renter moves in and i have not ate in a sit down restaraunt for 7 yrs, saving money where i can.

And I worked everyday, ate almost every meal at home with cost effective foods and sacrificed 90% of my social life to be able to save the way I did.