They should not have been this off and you should always use the worst-case scenario as your target number when you are doing a flip or BRRRR.If I were you and a sale wouldn't net enough, I would do mid-term rental there instead of long-term rental so you can earn more, but still not have a ton of tenancies.

The towns you're targeting—Rochester, Dover, Farmington, and Milton—offer great potential, especially for flipping and buy-and-hold multifamily investments.

Deduct Selling Expenses: Costs associated with selling the property, such as real estate commissions, legal fees, and advertising expenses, can be deducted from your sales price, thereby reducing your taxable gain.9.

If you advertise at $1800 and get no action for two weeks, then consider dropping the price.Always lower your price, not your standards.

They don’t effectively target motivated sellers.In fact, the market is saturated with these outdated and inefficient approaches.

Any insight on neighborhoods to target for LTR, or lakes to target for STR (open to non lakes as well).  

Here’s our OPINION for the Metro Detroit market (use as a template for your target area!)

The only challenges you haven't mentioned is advertising for roommates, screening them and where to get a lease.

His communication is poor but he continues to advertise for his several businesses.

Not run the business by advertising yourself value.