this means don't eat out as much, cancel gym subcriptions etc (drop your spend). 

However it looks like your cost to just eat the deposits is probably less than the cost it'd take to win a judgement. 

But I also have a day job, I’ve run 22 full marathons, I eat lightning, and crap thunder.

The property taxes are eating into the bottom line of rent income.

The mold issues alone could easily eat up half that budget let alone putting it back together for resale. 

I am doing a value play on this deal and water/sewer is eating alot of the current owners profits.

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When I do account for 10% of gross rents for cap ex it really eats up any cashflow margin I would get.2.)

Even with cancelled PMI, my monthly mortgage/tax payment goes up to $1650, eating most of my cash flow.The rental would likely break even for the near future and preserve equity, barring a recession. 

That really eats into profit for multiple years.