After months of reassemble and some customization work, the property sold for a decent profit.

Additionally, transitioning certain activities, such as maintenance and repairs, to be conducted directly through the business entity could strengthen your position for claiming deductions.

It is about creating a balance between being open to new tenants and protecting your property interests diligently.By fostering a more secure leasing process, you can ensure that your properties remain profitable and that your relationships with genuine tenants are based on trust and reliability.

And there are landlords who only care about maximizing profit and nothing else.

That's not a profit producing activity for a Broker / Property Manager as 99% are tire kickers and the ones who will buy will buy without going on a date with you. 

I have an 8+ac parcel in Dripping Springs, TX (outside of Austin) that has two small STRs built on it. Both units are approximately 400 sqft, "yurt-style" cabins with large decks. We have 2 full years of revenue histo...

If you build your investor network while working on wholesaling skills, when you find a real deal you can sell it for a profit.

the profit is far less than I typically achieve but this is an awesome cabin (it was owned by a country music star in the past). 

Until i ran into it all, faced it, worked through it and got good at turning problems into profits. 

If you are very conservative purchase a fixer upper so you can force equity and hopefully have a low enough payment so that you can LTR the property or even sell for profit should the STR avenue not work.