Gave him 10 months free space rent and paid for all his utility hookups. 

If in the future they try to buy a house, the lender may require it to be paid but that's a long shot. 

@Christopher Alley we use a lot of private money in the rehab business, and I have never paid any up front fees. 

Many other firms offer the same knowledge at a fraction of the cost because they don't have office overhead or tons of highly paid employees to float.

Without knowing any of your financial position of your work or side hustles it is hard to give you exact advice because you may be able to carry these homes until they are paid off and in that case they would provide solid returns, but there are likely better real estate investments out there.  

Bigger Pockets has a directory of tax professionals.Here it is: https://www.biggerpockets.com/business/finder/tax-and-financ...Just keep one thing in mind: any directory, this one no exception, is paid advertising.

Getting a $150/nt on a 4-bed house, then getting $200 damage and having to haggle with Airbnb to get it paid out is just boorish.

The hard work paid off when we sold it on 9/13/2024 for $155,000.

That'll affect your pre approval and ability to buy. 

The audience is pre-disposed to believe.