@Scotty Wo nothing in your story shows motivation on your end:(Mom gave you a houseYou have crappy creditYou spend more than you make with $30k in debt, despite having little monthly housing costsYou have no savingsHow will you rent out your house when it needs a new roof and water heater?

I respect your personal choices, however I can't imagine ever going to somewhere like Montana and making the decision to stay in a hotel over a cabin rental.

He had a HUGE red flag warning and just kept motoring on and now is acting shocked the tenant continued to screw him over

At over 2400 sqft and a beautiful wrap around deck my investor planned to fully gut this property and get top dollar.

I try flushing the toilet to try to get the chain to hook on the inflow, but the chain is only bouncing up.. it would need to go 3 inches over to the side and up to be hooked.

That will certainly help the value, but not up over $1m difference from local experts who know the house.

It could be pool/sauna, it could be game room/pickleball, it could be pets and baby friendly.If you are thinking of doing it from afar and have never done it before, you might want to investigate MTR as a healthy bridge opportunity where you can spend less money on furnishings and get longer stay tenants.

Problem being it would be a large pay cut initially I presume and would need over 2years of full time work in financial planning to qualify for the CFP.  

Took a bit longer than hoped but didn't go over my estimate by more than a couple weeks.

After over 30 years here, I've seen it transition from cash flow to appreciation.