I think saving for taxes is good.Focus right now on getting listings and sales...that's what counts.Don't spend too much time on things that are not generating revenue.   

We are so grateful for a smooth start and for all of your advice and encouragement. 

If I don't like a tenant, I might do an increase just to encourage them to leave or at least pay me for my aggravation if they stay.

I purchased my first investment property past July and is now rented, paying for it expenses and generating a couple hundred dollars each month. 

If you included any contact info or encouragement of people contacting you or your agency outside of the marketplace, that is why your post would be removed.

While we definitely could see using our future properties as a vacation spot (for ourselves), the primary goal is to use them to generate as much income as possible.

These are all mass repetitive "Contained" environments.Now the next great investment will be Auto over the road trucks, Nano Cancer treatments, Nano crop pesticide reduction, Solar electric surface paint generation, Water pumping technology from the Mississippi River to California/Arizona (reverse Dam management(actually don't recommend this, will cause excess salination of the Gulf)), Certified Individualized Student learning platforms, etc. 

Lead generation is th elifeline of your company, anyone that outsources lead gen is  friggin insane and deserve to fail.

@Michael DavisAs others have mentioned, look to do a cash-out refinance and deploy the capital on investments that you think would generate higher than the interest rate that you are paying.Best of luck

Main purpose is to provide encouragement for others that it is possible.