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In my humble opinion, it takes nerves of steel and quite honestly not worth my effort to work in less than user-friendly STR jurisdictions.

The money spent, the drive, the motivation the effort, the hussle, the risk, the nerves, the not-giving-up, the time put into it not knowing for a fact something will come out of it... heck, the angry calls, the racists bastards telling me to go back to "italy", the asking why they can not speak to Dixie (my super hot partner) calling me fake, asking me where I am from because anyone in the USA with a foreign accent is either a terrorist or a scammer.. this is the fact of doing marketing being me...If anyone doesn't think this deserves at least 50/50 I will happily tell them to shove their uneven split up their butt and let them find their own 66% discount deals themselves.

I also love browsing book stores and examining the TOC, Index and skimming a few paragraphs - - it's not a waste of time and you and your significant other can always go to dinner thereafter :)Here's the path we took to our MFU 6-units:looked for a property which produced a cash flow - - not interested in property appreciation values, but needed to avoid red inkthis implies learning how to evaluate a rentals economic health and value (what are GSI, NOI, expense ratio, DSCR, cash/cash and cap rates). 

I've found the best way to answer this question myself is to examine my financial life from a 30,000 ft view.

@Gilbert Dominguez@Nicholas GrayNicholas did you take the FE exam? 

As a newbie this has helped a lot in calming my nerves.

I had the stove for well about 12 years now and just 18 months ago I got the nerve up to try the infrared.. its awesome and cant believe I never used it. 

According to SmartAsset's inflation calculator, $100K today will be "worth" $209,757 in 2050 (@ 2.5% avg yearly inflation), but think back to the can of coke and examine what that means.

Not to be a stickler, but let's examine the fees you're complaining about for a second.Why are you paying thousands of dollars for an appraisal?