I worked at hospital diagonally across street so very convenient and at the time this 2bed 1bath was all I needed.

I’ve been in the real estate business for almost three years now and have completed five deals: one buy-and-hold long-term rental, one short-term rental, and three fix-and-flip projects, for which I helped raise capital.

Quote from @Evan Ross: One of the most common mistakes I see with amateur landlords: attempting to build goodwill with their tenants.

All IRA-related transactions must be "arm's length", in other words, IRA can't get involved in any transaction with yourself, your immediate family members or any entities these individuals own or control. 

It also appears Investor's Edge may have rebranded from their old company name "Do Hard Money".Propstream screenshot:"Investor's Edge/Dohardmoney" screenshot: if its a reboot of Do Hard Money one would want to read all the threads on that Utah based company.

But also, even as Joe points out in his book, the true value of a syndicator is pulling together all the pieces.  

I'd also start the marketing process 30-45 days before current tenants move out in most cases - it just seems easier to re-let a place that is currenlty occupied than one that's been sitting empty for a while for some reason. 

You should have been the one who hired the building inspector.

So if you purchased one 4-plex each year, after 10 years you would have about $12K per month in cash flow.

There isn't one thing.For my out of state properties, vacancies have been a nightmare.