I'd personally rather do a live in flip in an expensive market than buy a barely cash flowing rental out of state

They're named Yellow, Pink, and Orange, respectively. 

At the bare minimum, you should do the following to make your bookkeeping easier:Dedicate one checking account and credit card exclusively to real estate.

Probably my fault for not doing my due diligence, but what kept me afloat, barely breaking even was the second floor tenant set the law unit above him.

Curious what people are doing to stay on top of things when there’s barely any breathing room.

To get a 10% yield by buying a 4% note at a discount, youre barely scratching paying 70.

It barely justifies obtaining the work, managing the tasks, billing the customers (he does terrible billing for the work which also does not help with paying the handymen - he has a customer he has been working for since August that he has not yet billed (this is not fair for anyone)), and scheduling the handymen.   

The value is created by making the experience better.Most parks were built decades ago and barely improved since.

If all you do is have a direct booking site, you have done the bare minimum and you are likely to obtain results that reflect this.Collect guest contact info off the OTA site (do not do this on the OTA platform).  

I'm new here so please bare with me.