Once you get critical mass you can use cash flow from other properties.

Screening tenants and then dealing with them after they move in is both part art and part science, and it’s a critical skill to learn if you plan on owning rental properties as part of your investment strategy.

Property #1 is critical to maintaining the commitment long-term, so it needs to be something you can learn from but also enjoy owning in order to make it to the long-term snowball stage where things start to get exciting. 

As of right now, everything is up in the air for us considering the critical needs of travel nurses, which in turn means critical $$ contracts.  

https://www.npr.org/2023/03/16...Now you folks could criticize their CEO action and why this bank is at fault but saved by the bigger bank LOL

Location is critical for college students as they want to be close to classes, tailgates, bars, and their other friends.

We are hitting critical mass with our calendar system.

You might even make a friend.What I want to avoid is criticism or arguments.

The other option is to add a second layer of 3/4” t&g cdx ply on top of the subfloor if you have the ability to maintain critical heights with your subfloor (you can always undercut doors and use transition strips if needed).

I can take constructive criticism, I am constantly learning!