Youtube and some sweat and tons of swearing later, I was able to save almost $1000 on the repair by doing it myself and stay on my path. $35,497 left to go.

.- Property Mgmt: some of us self manage, putting in our sweats & time, especially on the first property.- Utilities: usually renter pay for all of this.If you minus these out, the property does cash flow.

I am small and little debt so no sweat

@Daniel Rivera If you're investing primarily for cash flow I wouldn't sweat it.

With a conservative estimate of the net sale (120k) and a HELOC on my primary that I've already put some sweat equity into (I can get about 35K out at .85% LTV), I think I should have a war chest of about 140k, with 15k to set aside as reserves to start doing things the right way next summer.

But to be a star you need regular management and updates. 3) Pay per click: Don’t sweat native SEO and pay for ad space at the top of native rankings.

Raise rent, switch utilities to tenant, and we are now putting sweat equity into the back house which we are living in now.

I think it depends on your skill level and comfort - me I am all about that sweat equity and why pay someone to do something I can do myself - with one caveat - if you can do it room by room do it yourself - if it involves emptying the entire house it may be best to leave it to a pro if the house is full of stuff.

I think you're fine throwing baseboard heaters into 5-year personal property if you like, for such a small amount, don't sweat it.

@Roy Gutierrez yes, some judges won't consider your sweat equity.