This may seem controversial or “not by the book” for many.  

Be honest—are you waking up early and controlling your day, or are you rolling out of bed and playing catch-up?

Your income isn't high enough for it to make sense as a rental and the closer you get to your residence limit the greater pressure you will have to sell it before losing your exclusion in whole or part. 500k right now can make $15k per year income with zero maintenance or tenant risks. 

"But rates have been at 7% or higher in the past, and investors still did well!"

We have several properties in this area. Are there any investors looking to team up and any lenders for buy and holds and new construction?

House hacking in Chicago can be a game-changer—letting you live for free (or close to it) while building wealth through real estate.

OR do you call each individual specialist (plumber, electrician, mold expert, etc.)?

Zillow is saying the house is worth $90k but recently a tree went through the back end of it and I was hoping to get some information on possible ideas or suggestions on what I should do about the situation.

Quote from @Bonnie Low: I switched from QBO to Baselane a year or so ago.

Good day, If an investor has 10 rentals and wanted to over time sell them and put the money tax free from a 1031 toward a large purchase is there a process to do that?  Say they sold the properties over 3 year period ...