Since then, my wheels have been spinning nonstop and I cant help but to breath, eat, and sleep real estate.

., not RF) who is paid 100% on commission and eats only what he kills?

If you feel the carry cost will eat too far into your profit then don't take the deal. 

I suspect that they were honestly upset about this and it finally came out or they were using it to persuade me to eat the repair costs, or a little of both.

"How do you eat an elephant?

There's some ceiling water damage that will eat up most of their deposit as I only collected half months rent.

@Frankie Paterno"Never invest in anything that needs painting or eats"

Bathroom and eat in kitchen downstairs, bedroom/sitting room upstairs.

My only problem is I'm the type of person who likes to have his cake and eat it too.

I've been weighing the pros and cons of the distance between properties, but you're right, even a little bit of distance eats up a lot lot of time going back and forth.I'll start work on learning about nearby areas and definitely look into the local groups.