If you aim too high with your pricing and the place isn’t renting out, be ready to adjust quickly to fill the spot.

If you wait to place it in service until 2025 (or it simply is not ready until 2025) and you do meet material participation for 2025 - you can use bonus depreciation in 2025 but at 40% instead of 60%.

You pay for a batch of leads and my understanding was that they'd be ready for you, but turns out they come in over time.  

It appears that you are ready to participate passively.

I recommend that you build trust with local contractors first and starting with properties that are move-in ready or just need a little cosmetic touch-up.

Here's my question: I have a couple of tax certificates in Pinal county, AZ that ripened this month and are ready for the foreclosure.

However, remain engaged, make aggressive offers, and be ready to act when those offers align with market reality.

Get rid of the side with the tenant that needs the most work or seems like they would be a nuisance to you to have to live next to (30-60 day notice on their door when you close if they're month to month) - update it and get it ready to get market rent for when you plan to do another one a year to two years later. 

It all goes into paying off my short term loans so I’m ready to repeat when I find more cash flowing deals.

I paid off all debts with the exception of my home; and now i feel i am ready to start in real estate.