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Thats great advice @Peter Mckernan, you get attached to a home but you have to also make a smart decision, I would rather sell near the top than have it pass and try to sell on the way down.  

Keep buying.10 SFR's = 10 roofs, 10 mortgages, 10 units in 10 different locations5 Duplexes = 5 roofs, 5 mortgages, 10 units in 5 different locationsIf you are smart....1 10-plex = 1 roof, 1 mortgage, 10 units in 1 location

Restricting the use of live xmas trees is probably a smart move.

I thought I was being smart and made the insurance coverage start date to 3 months from when I started this entire process (I started this process around mid August so I had my insurance coverage start in November 1st).

Pittsburgh has changed for the better with the influx of technology based businesses hiring more people who are in turn  looking for places to rent.

I've been looking into the Aave protocols which provides a .09% flash loan and my crypto would be locked in a smart contract. 

Smart contracts come out in a matter of months.

The banks here are not so easy going as up there.Do you think that it's smart to start buying propriety that creates cash flow from the very beginning (those logically being higher in price) ??

I live in New Orleans  you are talking to the wrong bank. you need to find a local credit union, small bank and a smart guy in charge of business development. sit down talk ...and you should soon release 110K in the form of equity line of credit. you pay interest only when you draw, otherwise the loan sits dormant and money is always available. ohhh in case you get sued on lose ..record of deeds show almost no equity in the house ;-) since the credit line is recorded as a mortgage.