Your goals and outcomes in life are nothing but compounded habits.

Once I realized this was all I had to do, my life go so much clearer.You'll get a little better each and every day, the thing is just to never give up.

I'm a life long resident of CT and I'm looking to start investing here as well.

I plan on saving and living a frugal life until I can save up for a down payment through an FHA loan.

So I did some research in the area on comps etc and am fairly familiar with the area since I spent majority of my life there. 

IE a primary home is not necessary you should rent all your life and just buy rental properties.others say your primary home is your base that you keep out of business.. and there is just intangables about owning a nice home to live in that can't be measured in dollars and cents.then you have the high apprecating markets were home owner ship and section 129 exclusion for owner occ is one of the great wealth builders in america..

Just makes life harder.Mailing 300 is extremely rough in terms of expecting a deal.

Twelve year old appliances are at the end of their life and have essentially zero value. 

It will make your life and the tenants life much easier in the long run.

But, one thing that has helped me a lot in life in general was when I made an intentional effort to stop myself with phrases where I am saying "I Can't", "I don't", "I don't know how", etc.Then I started trying to find ways, without realizing, to adjust my situations so I could respond with positives.