(PS I'm sure you experienced folks have your contractors in line already but it never hurts to add another trusted one to the phone book, I'd love to send over our business cards and talk about how we could be of assistance to your team) Again thank you all for the help - Brennan 

Leaving the area for the sake of real estate investing isn't in the cards for us.

•After 3–6 months, apply for tier 2 business credit cards (e.g., Capital One Spark, Chase Ink).

It is legal as long as you use a convenience check from card #2 for the amount owed on card #1 into your bank account and then write the check from your bank account to pay off card#1.

Similar to a credit card.

Sign up for their card and save another 10% or something. 

my research shows 2.99% fee with Debit or Credit card to tenant if they pay use these forms of payment.

There are several benefits of having cash in the bank/liquid reserves versus an open end mortgage (a.k.a) credit card.

The wild card is RISK.... if you pay off your primary, there is no risk Use it to buy rentals or other investments, comes with some risk.

Now when I am going into a bad situation I ask the police to be close by or escort me.