Its pushing your boundaries and stepping out of your comfort zone.I once heard the quote "Nothing in life worth having is easy, that includes happiness."

You would get a better deal with subject to and seller financing combination. 

I have a demanding career, family life, and hobbies that do not include home improvement. 

Went from an 800 to 500 credit score as I paid off/transferred all of my partners/gfs debt including auto loan over to my name to position her to borrow heavily to gain access to as much cash as possible to get us up and running.

My interest payment on a mortgage is over $1000 a month, how do I include these savings in my CoCR or overall investing strategy?

I have a quote from Window World for roughly $10,000 includes same size window replacement and sliding glass door as well.

House hacking is for sure the best way to get into real estate investing (in my humble opinion)If you combining your incomes puts you where you want to be, I'd do that.

If you are looking to cash-flow in this high interest enviroment, I recommend you to do MTR ( medium term rentals ) combined with house-hacked.

400 managed and 20 vacant as of today including recently bought.What percentage of expiring leases will renew their lease each month?

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