Always pay down your high interest debt first.It only makes sense to invest cash when it can provide a greater return on your money than your debt can.Hope this helps

That makes it twice as hard to make it cash flow.I would look here for a LTR or elsewhere for a STR. 

I have no problem making and building connections.

Having said that, I renewed my excellent tenants with increases to make sure I’m as close to market as I can be -knowing that future increases will be limited.

Understanding your numbers first will be important to see if that makes sense or not.Feel free to reach out if we might be able to help with anything here. 

From a cleaning perspective, I can understand why any landlord would want to use a contracted cleaning process, no matter how clean the unit was at the time of move-out. 

Advantage being that you do not have to make a contingent offer if you find a house you really like....and/or it gives you time to move leisurely instead of in a rush.Anyone used this?

Honestly your buyer doesn’t care what you are making as long as you meet their number.  

There are a lot of factors out there but savings is a lifestyle and some people are just incapable making sound financial decisions. 

In a tough market, it's easy to get distracted by all the shiny opportunities that come up.For example, to really focus on growing our real estate agent business, we made the difficult decision to stop buying investment properties this year.