There are also a lot of list building sites that are pretty affordable.

You cant afford to cancel a week booking in Peak season because the AC is out and you can't find someone to work on it in a reasonable time frame.  

If you are OK with losing it all, then we´d recommend you wait to get the umbrella and that you get it when you reach the "I cannot afford to lose this" point.

I just look at it like a mortgage... don't borrow more than you can afford to pay back and make sure to keep it well below the margin line. 

I find it frustrating that TKs' now openly state that they rather get the sales done quickly by selling preferably to cash buyers (regardless of where they came from) than allowing for financed deals that admittedly take a little longer.

And we too would have a hard time asking for a $500 rent increase as we would be hard-pressed to determine how anyone could afford such an increase.  

We decided it would be best to sell and move to something more affordable that we could grow into.We listed the house and multiple offers over asking price later, we took our profit and moved on.Lessons learned?

SOooooo I've been digging deeper into low income affordable housing and doing developments in the city of Lake Elsinore.

(I have thought about it but needed to build my company to afford me the opportunities to invest.), not being prepared for this boom. 

I’m getting a sense your frustrated because it’s so hard to find a good investment.