:D Great thing though, got to meet a local and eat some great food.

Hey everyone hope you had a good food day.

If I need to cancel a reservation for safety reasons, I will.

A nice week-long vacation in many areas will run you $2500 once you tally air fare, hotel, food, and rental car so when you put it into perspective, the money you spent isn't that bad.

I was working on the second floor a couple weekends ago when my tenant came running in saying there is a lot of water coming from the ceiling in the food pantry.

part of your responsibility is at move in to show them how things work,, how to turn on the heat, how the smoke detector works, how to provided a toilet plunger with the apartment so if they have a minor toilet clog they can fit it themselves,, and show how to use it, where the electrical panel is an how to reset a breaker,.... the stuff ordinary people would understand but renters aren't always ordinary people.Get a system for contact for repair requests,, have them text or leave on voice mail ,, don't go and answer each call right off the bat,, give a thought... call back and try and trouble shoot with them over the phone... as for toilet and drain clogs I'd let them know if plumber comes out for service if it is found that clog is from food, toys in toilet,, or grease they will be charged a service call. some use a form for this at move in. 

Also, know that these is safety in numbers.  

Waiter, Bus Boy, Car Wash Attendant, Ham Shaver(yes, shaving pig butts on an assembly line in Nebraska), Clothing Retail Sales, Fast Food Cashier, Short Order Cook, New and Used Car Salesman, Warehouseman/Maintenance Technician/Whatever for a petroleum products distributor, U.S.

I figure tough it out for 5 more years and have that extra safety blanket.

When you're getting started, building some steady cash-flow is incredibly valuable because it offers you some flexibility and a safety net to take on higher risk/reward opportunities.However, if you think you can get those kind of spreads on wholesale deals, maybe putting a few thousand into marketing is a good idea, too.