I won't be able to give away and contribute as much as they did until I know as much.

You now know your cash flow and what you can take out.Investors' problems sometimes include not budgeting correctly for repairs and maintenance and not factoring in a set amount that they will be contributing to their reserve account for CapEx (if you have CapEx repairs coming up sooner than later, put away more money into reserves now).To summarize, factor in all expenses and your monthly deposit into your reserve account before calculating your monthly cash flow.

If you are living at home, contributing the household (eg paying your parents rent, paying for food) for a few years that may be fine. 

Providing beach chairs, umbrellas, and a cooler can enhance the guest experience and contribute to glowing reviews if your property is near the beach.

It can be done, I'm just not able to contribute much more than that. 

Contributions like this make BP a very useful tool.While I agree with most of what you wrote I see C/D properties expending an average of 40% of rents averaged out at scale.

The only way you can come up with a figure of 50% of Americans being on "these programs" is by including Social Security in those programs, something we all contributed to. 

Deals are made based on how little out of pocket the investor contributes (cash), and how someone/something else pays for the rest. 

Right now we are working on building a cash reserve and maxing out retirement contributions since it will have a longer time to grow now as opposed to contributing later in life.

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