To be able to hold multiple properties in our name, shrug off thousands of dollars in repair costs as if you're buying something from the McDonald's Dollar Menu, and preparing for the next deal that comes along.    

I’d have to stop going to fancy restaurants like chic fila and go back to the dollar menu at Wendy’s and McDonald’s  but I think I’d survive. 

We have not self managed a STR in over a decade because we do not have the time to do it to the level that optimizes our return.

There are good ways to spend money on education and sub-optimal ways.

@Scott V.It's not optimized, obviously - but it's a choice that will put you back a bit from full FI, and slow your real estate investing as well, possibly, but it's an informed choice to do it.

Heres instructions on turning Class Tracking on: To turn on Class Tracking in QuickBooks, follow these steps: Choose the Edit menu's Preferences command.

@Matthew Krueger The sky is the limit and I happy to see your renewed optimism on opportunity. 

What I'm doing now is optimizing operations in as many ways as possible, keeping tenants happy in as many ways as possible, and doing the same for management.

There is a blind optimism you see in this forum and other parts of the real estate world that I don't see in any of the actual investors I know.

Living in sub optimal conditions to be close to work is no longer necessary.  2.