Purchase price: $229,000 Cash invested: $8,250 This is our first house hack and it was a roller coaster of emotions, please give some feed back and maybe some advice on how to quickly move on to the next property, I'm writing this while i'm at my annual training with the national guard so I can't post pictures but I will post some when I return home.

It just worries me that our consumer spending habits as a nation are so out of hand at times that no matter how much you give people it will be gone in no time.Would you guys say the past plan of action would be to sit in the front of the roller coaster keep up on what is going and stake as much cash as possible for the time being?

Now I'm on a new roller coaster ride. 

For the most part, if the 15k is covering capex, you could skate by on minimal cashflow...for the most part, it's a pretty thin deal for renting. 

You can also use the roller if you're not wanting to mask everything off.

You should check VA requirements.Some states are more hard core than others so you *may* be able to skate by if it is just 1 SF note (/ year). 

And still keeping some sort of full-time employment rather than going all-in rental mode would mean that we still get employer-funded health insurance, possibly 401k matches, some income stability, and having a W2 that shows a solid 9-to-5 makes the mortgage companies happier so that we can keep growing.It's weird because most people dream of hitting the lottery, and living a millionaire high-roller life but this idea of mine strangely feels like a hidden gem of a true American Dream.I just had to bring this into this discussion forum because (God love them) I think I've truly outgrown the mom-and-pop advice from the people I know who have never strayed from average nor have they ever tried.Any thoughts or advice?

Retailers have been on a roller-coaster ride since the pandemic began, sinking in March and April and recovering rapidly in the following two months as the economy reopened.

What kind of roller coaster am I in for, especially with this Covid mess?

Pour it on the roof and then use a roller to paint.