Hoping to learn from the community to eliminate past mistakes in real estate investing.

There are regulations in place, but it eliminates a lot of competition if you have the right property.

Start with an initial list of candidate cities and eliminate all cities that fail additional requirements.

I'd like to continue self-managing and trying to run as lean as possible while trying to get the snowball growing, and am now looking at ways to eliminate as much of the week to week and annual management overhead as possible, while keeping my expenses low while my cashflow is low.

Connecticut municipalities are being proactive in  eliminating non-conforming lots.

I sold 4 cheap rentals in Gulfport/Buloxi this past year because I got sick of the hurricanes and carrying insurance pretty much eliminated almost all cashflow. 

I have taken steps to reduce the mortgage payment that may take time to go into effect: filed homestead, I plan to reappraise the property after renovations are complete to eliminate my monthly $66 paid towards PMI, and I am currently negotiating different insurance policies.

True, you eliminate residential tenants, BUT it is a real business with employees, taxes, etc etc etc.

Now, what if I make pets welcome..With one click - I just eliminated half the competition.

Now let's look at the before-and-after cost segregation results:- moldings went down from $17k to $4k- $20k security system disappeared altogether- specialty plumbing dropped from $19k to $11kand you can review the rest of this side-by-side comparison yourself.Unlike my restaurant analogy, reduced or eliminated numbers on cost segregation are not only suspicious but they are outright detrimental to the investor.