Realize your purchasing power.2.

Call your credit card companies and negotiate a reasonable rate for additional buying power. 

Its crazy right now with landlords having no power and fear tenants will just stop paying rent at anytime but we just need to ride the wave and survive until courts gave some power back.

You make an great point, to keep stashing cash aside to prepare for the unavoidable "unexpected" costs of physical REI.

I definitely need a bigger list but I was testing out a power dialer.

Using leverage is such a powerful tool to scale your portfolio beyond what other investment options offer. 

That last part is a powerful question that Puts a lot of perspective into keeping a home or not. 

Cut out stumpDriveway - I'd clean up the driveway- not sure if it needs only sweeping hard to tell with grass in the driveway-First appearances matter.Front porch and front porch covering- not sure what that is on top but power wash.Living room- Carpet or depending on what floors look like underneath- If wood I would leave wood depending on condition, if not wood carpet- Strip wall paper off walls and nuetral paint- Not sure about the panel.Kitchen- I'd concentrate most of my money here- Tile the floors or if nice wood in the living room then I'd just extend the wood floors into kitchen.

The company unexpectedly reduced their footprint in the Augusta, GA market due to a big corporate HQ decision.  

I want to share what I believe is a powerful commentary from Peter Giardini about not only the impact of government intervention on the landlord business, but also the perception of landlords as big bad evil rich people - out there to hold down the little guy.Please take a few minutes to read it and leave your feedback there for Pete and all the other readers to see.Government Intervention — and We Landlords are The Targets!