My biggest complaints are similar to yours:1. 5-7 days or more from the time the tenant pays the rent until the cash hits my account. 

Lastly, renting by the room is a nice mix of increased cash flow and long term appreciation.

It takes positive cash flow to make a BRRRR investment profitable.

Napoleon was facing a major cash crunch to finance his wars.

I recently retired from the military and I don't want to ask for permission to do something reasonable anymore since I had to for 29 yrs.As the owner your little bit of energy savings and wear and tear on the unit will cost you hundreds if not thousands in lost revenue.

I'm a cash investor with a few million that I'm looking to build a portfolio with.

If you are working your first job and don't want to work the 9 to 5, your scale to have savings to invest is going to be very limited.

That's where I save a lot of money on the build.

I purchased all cash for my first deal for a few reasons.

. :-)TLDR: if you want to feel good get a 5 year warranty for 10% of the price after you save more than that in the purchase.