Rent ready in leveraged RE in this market does not produce returns that meet my expectations of return for my effort. 

But owners have to be held responsible for their pets' actions.

I get that.. but if your a top producer this is just cost of doing bizz to the title company orr closing attorney if your a one off agent you may have to pony up the money but to me it was necessary..

You could get workers for USD $3 per day to cut brush.Local produce is relatively cheap. 

Real estate investing is more about taking actions and learn as much as possible along the way and not repeating your mistakes.

However, from what I’ve observed, it’s still not enough to produce meaningful cash flow.

Kudos to you and Debra for making it happen—this is a great example of how collaboration and decisive action lead to success!

Each strategy produces slightly different rent rates.

This amounts to lost opportunity because if you had purchased RE, at the closing it can start producing return. 5) ADUs detract from the existing structure whether this is privacy, a garage, or just yard space. 6) this is related to number 1, but there are many more buyers looking to purchase homes for their family than there are RE investors looking to purchase small unit count properties.

Hmm, what I was originally asking was something like this - what do you think is the best course of action:1) Get a 200k loan (3-4% interest, 5 years to repay) Use this to make a 100% cash purchase of 1, 2, or 3 properties in a C class neighborhood, and do the minimum rehab to make it rent-ready. 2) Get a 200k loan (3-4% interest, 5 years to repay) Use this to make the down payment on multiple properties, finance the remainder of those purchases with whatever loan options are available - probably only DSCR. 3) Something else entirely...