I will add that oftentimes the fixed costs with installing any kind of pool (fence, pump, permits, excavation etc) are so high that the marginal cost of a plunge pool vs something more standard is relatively small.

What kind of investing are you looking to get into?

Totally understand it depends on what kind of investment strategy you want to use, but I feel main concepts still apply ( maybe I am wrong!).

I feel like a general best practice of any kind of investing is starting when you don't need to, that was certainly the case when I started house hacking.

Hi Jagger-Great question.I am a fellow Michigander from Ann Arbor.Nothing against Maine but the Midwest has seen some of the strongest rent growth in the country.When I consult with my clients, if they don't have the budget for a market like Ann Arbor, I direct them to Lansing, MI.The cashflow is strong, the economy is stable, it is the State capital so there is always economic development creating new jobs, the price point is relatively affordable because the cost of living is lower there, and appreciation is predictably linear.I also advise investors to buy duplexes and up so you always have a rent check coming in most of the time if you have a vacancy.

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Then use it as a baseline of the best coverage then check everything against it.

Maybe check and see what your nearby competition has to offer...?

Check it out. 

Reading - check, saving - check, learning which game to play (maybe fix and flip or BRRRR depends on the case) I went for the first time to a local meetup yesterday, hoping to know more fellow investor and industry people for sure.