Painting is simple, relatively cheap and necessary in regards to routine maintenance.

It's two middle agers living off one disability check and a wealthier elder vet with dementia.

I never did like that on routine small purchases, because the cashiers did not all seem to know about it and it always made me wonder if the cashiers would think I was being cheap and causing them trouble.

I hope to get into the forum more as I roll it into my daily routine.

I will routinely get dozens of properties to work through. 

However I should have about 800 saved up after from military disability and the income that the gi bill gives me to go to school.

You'll have routine maintenance, too, like new faucets, range, clogged drains, etc.

I say this:Get some basic info on the 3-4 areas of RE that appeal to youThen find the best in the biz to mentor you in that area you zone in onThen stop researching and listen to the mentor you are payingThat may mean get off forums like BP, as good as they may be.Then execute as hard as you canI love the quotes on the thread @Brian Gibbons started about "an average person with a modest routine of self improvement will out perform a disorganized genius ninety-none times out of a hundred"  Then @Joe McCall (crud!!

I need to start implementing BP into my daily routine. 

Also currently the building has seven bedrooms and three showers between all the units, and they all draw from the same tank, which can obviously be an issue.My understanding is that tankless is slightly more expensive initially, uses appreciably less energy, but the gas costs are counterbalanced by the cost of routine maintenance, so it all costs about the same.You can also get tankless electric, but I think that would require a decent amount of additional electric work.