I listened to podcasts while delivering pizzas, read books in the break room, and then tried to meet with investors in my area after work.

But to be honest, as a buyer, you have a lot more room to back out of deals.

That would indicate there is room to increase rent. 

You can also, likely, live in one room and rent the ones you don't use.  

The more you get up off of the floor, the more room it will feel like you have too.

The MAREI meeting in Overland Park (Kansas City Area) is May 12th - Networking is from 6 pm to 7pm and you can connect with about 10 of our vendors who host a sponsor table, probably 20 other vendors in the room, plus 100 or wo of the areas movers and shakers.Come prepared to network and meet people.First time visitor guest pass available when you pre registerSee the BP calendar for details and links.

It is neutral ground compared to their living room in my property, which is probably what the article was getting at. 

However, my wife and I made a last minute decision on moving day to move into main level and rent out one of the rooms to family along with renting out mother-in-law suite.At the end of the day, we will be able to cut our living expenses in half through house hacking and putting me one step closer to my long term goal of quitting my job in the corporate world and pursuing a new career I am actually excited to wake up in the morning for.

This will be done by detailing all the work that needs to be done in each room and assigning # of hours to complete each task. 

Like you said, no payment gave you room to breath when you had CapEx.I'm happy and casually looking for more when I have properties paid for...