@Belle Pongkietisak You'll receive an email confirming you're in the bootcamp

I want to brrrr but this house doesn’t work well as a rental, and it would be nice to get some cash reserves in my account.

Buy for cash flow, use modest leverage, and have adequate reserves!

This will also help you build reserves for future expenses after you reach your target number.  

Jacksonville not as much as the other cities though and I would call it more like purple, with the red and blue fault lines running within the city itself.Social media is my lead gen of choice for now because it's free (except for what I've paid for BP Premium) and I've depleted just about all reserve capital I had to the point I'm contemplating taking on a day job again (with my tail between my legs having to admit that when I said I was gonna go off and be a hot shot realtor and those corporate psychopaths would never see me again, I was mistaken). 

In having six months of cash reserve saved up for mortgage payments- that's a good plan to simply set aside as much as possible. 

It would be helpful for you to go check out the meter and confirm what has been posted on the bill is accurate.

@Tim Shi I use 5% as the figure when calculating on a purchase but then once I own the property I just build up a big reserve to work from in case something goes wrong.

Already connected with @Chris Wharton and can confirm he is awesome for anyone wondering. 

I'm looking at a potential deal and I'll be doing a walkthrough of the duplex this afternoon, but I have a few reservations that hopefully some seasoned veterans can advise on.