Of the IRA money I spent $120k on the remodel.

Real estate investing is forgiving; the average person can still make money even with some big mistakes.

Using money from an appreciating asset just to pay your landlord doesn't seem like a good flow of money.

For lenders, I have access to private money lenders or if you want to go the traditional route, I recommend checking out Coast to Coast - Jeff Weller. 

All this is to say, I believe it would be money well spent for sure... 

Sure it does. but depending on who the celebrity is/was.....That's why so many little hotels, boarding houses, vacation rentals, etc..... feature this in their advertising.And in some cases, you will not get more money, but you will get more guests.A little while ago, I went to Tombstone AZ and stayed in 'The first boarding house in Tombstone'....really cool place but kinda small and, well....old feeling.

If you don't you will lose a lot of money with evictions, lost payments, and vacancy.

It enables us to keep our money working at our current rate, and it puts more money in the hands of the rehabber.

Getting something under contract is as easy as give the seller all the money.

We were paying a bookkeeper $450/month, plus the $90 QB subscription to do our books but I felt like we were still having to tell her how to categorize everything so it just didn't feel like we were getting our money's worth.