If you reduce rent they will be asking for something at every entry for repair.

Though I do wonder if I could actually use our normal biz spending to generate reduced flight costs, ie travel rewards.

I have a 24 unit property and I'd like to add video security to reduce damage caused by tenants and/or visitors to the property.

I have taken steps to reduce the mortgage payment that may take time to go into effect: filed homestead, I plan to reappraise the property after renovations are complete to eliminate my monthly $66 paid towards PMI, and I am currently negotiating different insurance policies.

Our average tenant stays 12.5 years, which reduces vacancy (an underappreciated factor) and fixup costs to re-rent properties. 

You would need 400k to cover all your costs and there will be unforseen costs on this for sure.Right away you are looking at reduced leverage because of the scale of the project so you may only get like 70%/75% leverage on purchase. 

That way you can reduce your living expenses and get cash flow from it. 

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

Then, start reducing down the list by focusing only on the properties you feel comfortable with--by property type, LTV, assessed value--until you get the list down to a manageable size to do due diligence on each property.Hope that helps.

How to reduce the risk of vandalism?