However, I suggested we lease-to-own our current home or potentially even rent it out if we could get tenants and the right rent where we wouldn't just be bleeding cash flow.

But no one Knows Nothing, so they could knock it out of the park, or slow bleed money for years.Good luck Aman I have invested in their 2 deals.

The real cash drain hides in your operating expenses (OpEx): repairs and maintenance, reserves, utilities, pest control, legal fees, property management, HOA dues, and unexpected turns like a broken HVAC or a non-paying tenant.Ignoring these costs is one of the main reasons rookies bleed cash after their first deal.

Clustered vacancies tests survival.Another thing is to set a hard rule that you’ll never drop standards just to stop the bleeding.

I believe virtually every market bleeds cash at 100% LTV.So your investment does not produce return via cash flow and historically it has not produced eingnificant return from appreciation.  

My quick take: don’t buy just for a rate if the deal bleeds.

If the numbers don’t pencil out, I pivot to a rental or creative financing exit—never just ride it out and bleed holding costs.

However, I feel like I am just bleeding money.

FEMA bleeds $ like crazy.

It's going to leave you bleeding cash.