As far as a next purchase or a savings, I personally prefer having a certain amount of liquid assets to feel comfortable, but also think that aggressive investing is what gets people ahead fast.

Change your approach, get rid of the desperation, and know ahead of time that it takes time.

Wife pushed us to buy as a primary residence during residency.

If its over 20k it would be pushing it... 

Has anyone ever gotten ahead in life delivering pizzas on the side?   

Maybe the sewer is not vented properly and gases are pushing back into the homes?

I'm sure I'm going to get push back eventually on the aggressive breed and 50lb restriction being discrimination, but luckily our area is much slower to catch up to these ridiculous trends.I obviously prefer tenants without animals, but it's to the point where everyone has something, so now we just turn it into a revenue source$25/month per pet + $200-$300 non refundable fee.We enforce quiet enjoyment pretty aggressively. 

Listing agent is gonna push for you.

I know you got it taken care of already, this is more of a heads up for others and to share a decent company I found.

@Eva HambrickAs real estate investor it’s important for our CPA to proactively to help us plan ahead and tell us what we should or should not do to minimize our tax liability, since I’m not the tax expert I’m relying on tax planning Advice ahead of time.