I lost money (opportunity loss) but I gained a wealth of experience. 2.)

If I had to pay my cleaners on top of the loss income it would impact even more as my cleaning fees range from $100 to $400 depending on the property.  

Finally, The rent control discourages further development, limiting supply which results in higher rents.So rents go up, but the rent control advocates are too uneducated on the economics of the rent control policy to see their role in the rent increase.Another consequence of rent control is no value in keeping the property as nice.

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As long as I understand the risk and mitigated the risk with sound exit strategies, I can let people live in my properties and I haven't had any losses yet.

It will be a lot of hard work for little to no pay (or loss) until you hit a point that will be long and hard. 

There are several things to fear money loss on a bad investment, government involvement in RE, bad tenants that cost time and money, hidden maintenance issues and/or land issues and the list can go on.Today, I don't fear money loss or tenants,  the big unknown is how much the government wants to get involved in either taxes or landlord/tenant issues.

Otherwise, you may be limited to doing deals that are less than or equal to the equity in your home, and miss out on some bigger opportunities.That said, fix-and-flip loans will have higher fees and interest rates than most HELOC's.

This will allow you to take on bigger deals with your cash on hand.LTC is a ratio with the potential to limit your loan amount.

Can you take the loss without completely ruining your finances?