I prefer the latter since it means I don't have to go to the post office, and though I can deposit checks from my phone there is a daily limit and I have to take money orders to the bank anyways.  

Disclaimer: I listened to every podcast on my daily 7 mile round trip bike commute to my jobs before pulling the trigger to purchase a house / investment property.

also, get some business cards and make it a habit to talk to 10 people daily.  

I agree with @Kelly Sennholz that my initial reason for upgrading was to support the site, but I now find myself using the investment calculators daily, and that alone is worth the price of admission. 

The building was constructed in the 1960's and does have some deferred maintenance, although it isn't that bad and the current tenants use the building on a daily basis.

Renting car parking Renting storage  This may help from a "real world," or cash perspective but from a residential lending perspective you cannot use boarder or roommate income (unless if its FHA or if the person providing income is a assisted living person to help take care of you for medical purposes).On leveraging to released equity, she doesnt have any income to borrow and to obtain a loan or HELOC you'll need documentable income to do so in most cases with banks.Renting a car parking spot or storage - this creates daily/monthly cash flow but no lender I know of will let you use miscellaneous income from your primary residence to qualify.

I recommend the site to people daily and they are amazed by the vast amount of quality information that is available here for free!

Thanks to everyone for all your advice, I have bandit signs ordered and coming through the mail, and I drive for dollars daily, 100 letters were sent out to expand my buyers list and waiting for replies.  

Most of all I want the freedom from debt and freedom from the daily 8-5 j-o-b, my family needs me around more than that and I want to control my success and business rather than be the cog in a wheel.I am a bit overwhelmed on information overload right now.

They do multi-million dollar  deals daily.