Re-invest with more of a reserve in a better market, and understand you may not have the quantity or "doors" you are dreaming on your vision board.

I work a 9-5, am married, and have 2 kids under 3 years old so I don't have a ton of extra time to actively find, fix, and flip properties.

Thanks Winslow for the informative post.I would think that one could find the house managers from the pool of recovering addicts, and could potentially pay a part profit from the rentals, so the manager is getting free room and board, and some income.

Make sure your lender is on board with the purchase price and DTI ratio you are proposing.

He has stellar credit but is unable to make deals due to the sensitive financial company he works for and the amount of student loans he cosigned for his kids. 

A zoning board meeting and vote is required for a variance approval and is usually rejected due to local political opposition.Also, there might be problems with files from 1915 and it took me 3 visits before they were able to locate the files and see the original plans.

Quote from @Tri Tran: If what you are saying is true, you could pressure her to make this right by filing a complaint with the state board.

My family in Texas has several real estate portfolios and their taxes have increased over 125% across the board in the past three years.

@Adam Peralto More & more owners are posting here on BP about their rentals sitting vacant too long.Which means owners aren't paying attention to the rental market - which is slowing, causing Days On Market (DOM) to increase:(Take a look at the graph below from ShowMojo, comparing average DOM for 2018-2024.DOM are now about 40% longer than they were 2 years ago.Many owners also don't seem to be aware of real estate market fundamentals, such as seasonal effects:1) After September, when kids go back to school, there's a noticeable dip in activity in both the sales & rentals.2) After Halloween, there's another noticeable dip.

you need little things like coffee pot, iron/ironing board, can opener, corkscrew.