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. 

Cockroaches are incredibly hard to kill on your own, they can live pretty much anywhere and eat pretty much anything to survive.

If you're not interested, you eat the entire cost and get piece of mind, neighbor goes quiet. 

We can easily save up the money needed without eating rice and beans.I am glad we got feedback on what to do here.

I've never heard of a rodent eating a lease

Eat the elephant ONE bite at a time! 

In addition, building into  the business model an intentional refinance in a short period of time, you are incurring double the financing costs, which eats away at your equity, and also resets your loan amount to potentially a higher amount if you are rolling in closing costs.