I Just Caught Mining Fever and I Caught it Bad

I just bought 5 GTX 1060's last night at insanely low prices. Guy threw in an i7 CPU, a motherboard, risers, two nice rig cases, a PSU, 12 gb ram, etc for super cheap too. (I already have one rig running.)

I was planning on building a rig and then selling it, perhaps a 3 card rig and keep 2. Perhaps add them to my rig or make another mini rig.

But I have to say I am all of a sudden on fire about mining. I'm not quitting my job. As @bearbear613 continually drills into my head, this crypto stuff is icing on the cake. Now, my intention is for the icing to become the cake, and then become a giant cake from the best bakery ever, covered with pure gold...but for now, yes, I want to keep my cake and add icing.

Not my rig ^^^ just an example of a slick rig. PUMP IT!

Boy oh boy I need to mine. I have been scouring the internet for a small warehouse-type space to rent. I live in St. Louis which is cheap as heck, so the rent and electric are cheap.

I already have 9 cards (4 RX 580s and 5 1060s). I need more, and I need more rigs. Perhaps ASICs - I'm thinking of going insane and buying a DecredMaster. But might just stick with GPUs for now.

So here's the thing. You can see my Steem balance (4k-ish) and my overall crypto investment is ~2.5x of what I put in. And I ain't putting any more fiat in.

But I have zero problem putting in my cryptos. Cash 'em out and buy some hardware, boys.

I won't cash out all of it, but this all depends on finding a good space to use. I am not doing it in my basement, I don't think - the noise and the heat just make it too much of a headache. But I am thinking of just cashing out X amount of crypto, and setting aside enough for a year of rent and electricity. Then I take the next year and build a farm, and grow my farm.

I also think that combining staking with mining is a potentially killer play. It means you can't just cash out your earnings right away - at least not all of them, but who would do that anyway? Mine whatever and cash some out, trade some for a solid staking or masternode coin, and hodl some. Then take the staking/masternode rewards and cash some out, reinvest some...and on and on we go.

I'm already doing this on a small scale and it's really working. This mini bull run we are in doesn't hurt, to be sure, but even in the depths of the crash I was in the green from my initial investment.

So we'll see if it happens. Anyone want to participate in some way? Make this some kind of partially steem-fueled partnership venture? Doubt that will happen but hit me up with ideas.

Fellow miners, any words of wisdom? Comment your thoughts and I'll give you a $0.02 upvote, haha. Let's get mining.