Purchase price: $420,000 Cash invested: $120,000 5 bedroom 2 bath property with pool, shed and playground in the backyard.

I could see this fit into several categories of 'real property trades or businesses.'

If you're looking to save some time shifting through properties, our company, Winnow, automatically scans and analyzes every newly listed property and then sends you the ones with potential.

Spoke with multiple credit unions and they mentioned a rental property needs to show at least two years of rental income in order for that income to be counted into the DTI ratio. 

See properties sitting on the market for a long time, every market is different, my market anything over 30 days is a long time.

Another thing to add is the regulations, HOAs and Cities are imposing a lot of regulation on short-term rentals or rent by a room, I have seen some HOAs regulate the amount of people authorized to rent the property too.It requires to do a lot of due dilligence to begin with mainly in such big house. 

Are you primarily looking for cash-flowing properties, distressed deals, or value-add opportunities?

We are a boutique firm in Chattanooga and every agent in our firm is personally involved in either real estate development, owns investment properties or flips homes. 

Would you suggest subdividing the property, building a single house, or building multiple cottages/ tiny homes?

The property company they use was also very thorough in the way they handled the property.