For us it's a 4-5 hour drive, it's not crowded with large hotel chains, can still find properties with 10%+ returns, and it's beautiful and authentic.

Quote from @Mike Hern:Use bags that are clearly marked by address so it doesn't get mixed with anything else.

I'd like my bag of tricks to be as diverse as possible

From the investors I've met in town, it's a fairly mixed bag.

If I am jjust holding my bag and waiting for the market to change… thats not preparation.

brown bag PB&J. 

I initially provided all paper products, spices, soaps to refill the soap dispensers, plastic storage and garbag bags, etc. .

If you're ever in the mood for amazing Vietnamese, come to OKC, we have a huge population of Vietnamese immigrants and you can find some really authentic places in our Asian District! 

Take the payments you are not making on a car because you are driving an old reliable beater, the fill-fees you are not paying because you self-manage, the going out to lunch costs your are not paying because you brown bag, the side hustle of buying stuff at garage sales for 10% and selling at 50 - and punch your highest cost/risk/hassle mortgage in the face once a month.  

The moment that the market turns they will run out of gas and the investors in those companies will be holding the bag.