I'm already living as cheap as is practical in my situation.

Eventually it became time to put it into practice! 

Re:  Septic...I am at the point where the buyer found a company which I have heard does not have the best practices overall.  

To get good at real estate and finding deals you need to learn and practice.

These practical suggestions from the trenches aren't usually found in books.

I know I’m getting the newbie platform SEO boost, but still - Superhost is easily achievable at the first review period if you make a fairly average effort, and it’s not actually that hard to separate yourself from the pack on Airbnb if you just do everything you need to be doing to run a good businessGood luck hunting to everyone!

HOA's should not be able to ban anyone in az from offering Airbnb, Vrbo since the new law passed:Governor Doug Ducey of Arizona has signed SB 1350, a law which prohibits cities and municipalities from banning the listing and use of short-term rentals like Airbnb, HomeAway, and others.I also have a lawyer friend who practices HOA law and confirmed the above, but you know HOAs, they think they make all the rules...

There have been times I've been crushed at work - but I'll take a 5 min break, and look up someone I've only talked to a couple of times and go over and visit with them - ie. practicing networking skills.

Here's mine...Start -> Build mailing list of potential leads  -> while waiting for phone to ring, build buyers list -> While waiting for phone to ring with a trully motivated seller, continue building mailing list and keep sending weekly for at least 5 weeks -> Go to a local REIA meeting and network -> Go look @ all potential houses, going through the motions is good practice and makes you kinda feel like your in the game ->Have contracts, for when the big day finally arrives ->Continue to read and educate yourself, while waited for phone to ring ->Learn your market, hook up with a realtor that will give you comps on potential deals (more than one is better, don't want to burn anybody out so early in the game) ->Finally time to negotiate your first deal - good thing you did all that work before, you actually should feel like you kinda know what your doing. 

- In addition to having a personal 6 month emergency fund, I plan on having a 6 mo fund for my dental practice and each property.