Checking to make sure the work is getting done and giving me pictures of progress, making suggestions about the rehab, following up with the contractor, and basically being the ahole that I can't or dont want to be since I'm so far away from the actual work. 

As long as people understand the house is a work in progress they're generally okay with it.

By personal wellbeing i mean, for me: physical exercise, meditation, education, family time.In addition to that, i writ down my weekly task every Sunday and build on that as the days progress, while crossing out each task that is completed. 

Bottom line was that visitor count stayed steady at around 9.5-10 million people.

If you can't make progress under such a low-key and friendly structure, there's no way you'll survive as a group once lawyers get involved!

Unfortunately work did not progress as fast as my contractor had hoped and it would be February 20th before he managed to finish enough for us to put the place on the Market.

Rents aren't going up like they were a few years back, but still a steady 2-4% upon renewal. 

There are follow up concepts and novelties that would be good to discuss with you as well however the first step is to do multiple of these calculations with whatever decisions you have at hand (and it'd be most relevant to think about this AFTER you've reached your intended 'steady state' of financing activity).

PCS moves give a chance to justify new home purchases regardless of how short the period of time was since purchasing the previous property (ie FHA and VA primary residence restrictions)Steady government salary makes it easy to qualify for a loan.BAH in an area gives an easy benchmark for rental prices and what renters you will get at those set prices (ie rank of renters).Renting to military brings a level of protection as the chain of command can force rent to be paid if a soldier becomes delinquent on rent.

There seems to be a path of progress moving south down Broadway.