*Feel free to skip the next paragraphYou are what you eat.

And I know it eats up time, but honestly, those are big things.

Hey Matt, when it comes to HELOC's the monthly interest will start to eat up profits after a while. 

Termites etc will eat away structure.

Extending the parking area right up to the house, means no weed eating, just some weed killer a few times a year.

Hiring a property management company will eat away roughly 10% of your rental receipts; however you won't have to worry about creating a contractor list and you may not have to deal with calls at 11:00 at night.Upstate NY is also an option.There are a couple of real estate networking events that meet in NYC.

They eat up your cash and really don't provide much value in my opinion. 

Heck, I even find joy in it when a squirrel eats a hole through the kitchen ceiling, the fire alarm blasts for no reason, and the tenant's kid secretly turns off the "do not turn off" switch to the heater, necessitating an emergency call to the electrician.Three years after retiring from freelance writing, I'm looking for my next act.

Besides begging and pleading and eating crow, not much more you can do.

It seems proper capex reserve budgeting for cheaper SFRs will typically make up a larger percentage of rental payments which eats into cash flow, so I'm wondering what the real financial performance of these investments is for the folks who have invested whether you've realized a CapEx event already or are just planning for it.