I don't want the holding cost to eat up my profits.

I live on my own so living expenses are what really eats up the money.

Need to find a good reliable contractor that will not eat up all the profits just with his rehab costs.

CapEx will eat $100/door in a minute...6.

You're in the enviable position to have your cake and eat it too, since you can tap the equity of the irvine condo for the next purchase. 

This is kind of what I was thinking (with regards to deductibles and HSAs).One other thing I am doing is making my wife and kids work out for three hours a day and eat organic kale to keep them out of the doctor's office. 

since they are on the MLS, doesn't the agent commission eat into the maybe slim profit already?  

Paying off a lot of student loans could eat into your real estate investing plan. 

Overall a great reminder that this is a Spreadsheet business and that the way you eat an elephant is one bite at a time!

This can eat up a few hours if you don't have someone looking over it.