The house is a nice brick 3 bedroom 1 bathroom on a large corner double lot with a partially finished basement in a great neighbourhood close to all amenities.

But if you do everything you can do, you should be able to prevent rodents from coming into the finished space.

Well since I’ve been looking into REI I’m starting to wonder what the best route would actually be?

I’m currently finishing up Real Estate School (which is run by @Chad Carson and I would highly recommend), and I am going to make my first RE purchase by April of 2019. 

I wonder why they know that we dont.

I just wonder if they truly and really can and will get those types of deals done and closed..I really appreciate your reply

However as a caring human, I don't want the tenant to have to wait a month (or longer) waiting for a part to come in.....especially when there are sales going on and a replacement could be in the house in a matter of days.But like I said, thank you for all the wonderful comments and opinions.

I guess I’m mainly wondering if fix and flips will get me to financial freedom faster than rentals?

I've just finished going through the prequalification process and am getting ready to purchase my first MFH.

So yes, it makes sense that someone who doesn't understand the basics of cash flow to have an emotional reaction to it because they don't see the very first cash flow as negative.Once you get the understanding of the basic of Cash Flow, you then understand the only way to really know your Investment is to sum up all the future cash flows.So the very first Cash Flow is Negative.The remaining cash flows before the Sale is either positive or negative, depending on the rents minus the expenses and the debt service.And the LAST cash flow is almost ALWAYS positive unless you become underwater with your mortgage.Given that, you can easily put together a list of cash flows and then the calculations of the IRR is so simple, it makes you wonder why the Majority of Investors really don't do it.