I compromised and became a W-2 employee of a temporary help agency.

The feeds you have now are great for a temporary solution but start building some unique content on this domain sooner rather than later and you will start gaining credibility with the search engines.

While there is always development happening around MTL, things are not exactly booming on the south shore these days.

With the mindset of the job being temporary & do not expand my current expenses, it'll make sense to move forward with the job.

Currently renting my basement out to a single mother and her child since last March, original rent was $1575 (all utilities) and I saw her situation at the time and dropped it to $1500 for a 12 month lease with all utilities included, she purchased a electric charging vehicle less than two months after moving in so obviously taking full advantage of all utilities included.Two months ago, she had a boyfriend stay with her and told me that it was temporary while he is looking for a new place.

The house had several floor joists and trusses in the attic that were cut through in order to run venting and pipes that needed to be shored up, some rotted subflooring that was discovered in the bathroom, some drywall needed to be replaced, the whole house was repainted, added a water softener due to the hard water from the well leading to discoloration of the tub, and upgraded the fixtures to make it look nicer.

I used to dread coming to my W2, but nowadays I come with an air of excitement because I know its a temporary thing which will ultimately help me get where I want to go.One more thing - I have stopped sharing my aspirations with people who are not entrepreneur-minded.

If this is a great tenant, spending a few hundred bucks to shore up a leak or three, there will be a few, is probably a good idea.

@Evan R. the ones I attends are as follow:MeetupJersey Shore Flippers and Funders Meetup – which meets up monthly (next one on 11/3) at the restaurant Skratch in Asbury ParkCentral Jersey & Monmouth County Real Estate Investors – coordinated by @Mark S. where the meeting is currently at Perkings in Red BankRING Philly (Real Estate Investor Networking Group – in Manayunk Brewing Company which has some good guest speakers and contentSJREI1.Princeton and Middlesex chapters (depends on topic), I noticed a Trenton chapter opened up so may venture there one nightThere are also numerous other meetup groups which I plan to attend which is all based upon schedule.

By realizing it is temporary, we can be excited to get through these periods and start to look forward to put energy coming back.