Alternatively, as lower costs free up cash, these savings can be used to purchase another rental property which is proven to snowball into more and more investments.

@Christopher Freeman they all had tough legal representation & the majority assumed some young kid would never have the drive to completely rehab a home & go for alternative financing in such a short period of time.

Goals help fuel the passion.

@Sam Grooms hit it on the nail for where you are sitting at.So you need 2 things. 1) Where are your actual rents sitting at and where can you take them.2) Where are your actual expenses sitting at and what needs to be alternated/reduced/added3) Market, is there good long term opportunity of the market where the property sits?

Alternatively, if you could find a house hack where you could cut your rent/ mortgage payment down 50-75% this is a total win as well. 

The rates are a little higher as are the fees, but they are a great alternative to folks who can't get conventional financing.Stephanie

I agree that $8000 is still a lot of money, but when the alternative for the buyer agent is making $13,000+ (2.5% commission), the buyer agents are certainly going to think twice about what homes they show.The typical breakdown on the MLS is as follows:50% of homes offer 2.5%25% of homes offer 2.75% - 3%25% of homes offer 2% - 2.25%What I would recommend is:Make sure your listing agreement clearly states that the listing agent does not collect the buyer agent commission if there is not a buyer agent involved.Offer 2.5%By offering 2.5%, you know that you will not miss any interested buyers, which is the last thing you want.

A prosthetic to a guy that fell into a wood chipper doesn't sound as permanently debilitating as the alternatives may have been.

It seems like another alternate play rather than earning $200/month on some other markets.  

Is there an alternative option I'm not seeing?