Don't we want to seek growth and create further opportunities for revenue as investors? 

If the property is a personal property used for personal purposes, there is no depreciation since its not a business asset.There may be a chance that you have a home office within the home that is eligible for some write-off but you have to be using the home office towards a business activity.

She oversees their Cleveland Office. 

It was a planned office building and mixed use development.

There is no way that resident can afford a 500 jump, and I ended up losing thousands of dollars.Real estate is a business, collecting a future stream of revenue, and you need to be in control of the revenue and expensesGino

Here’s an example of what I’m talking about; in 2020 my partner and I purchased a 9,965 square foot office/warehouse which had just been vacated by the tenant, for $625,000.  

Note rent control raises risk that results in the need for increased revenue which implies large rent growth.  

Larger Syndications: When you see the syndicators achieving the larger raises that can attract the checks written by the private equity/family offices but are instead raising those funds in smaller friends and family check sizes, that would give me immediate pause.

Distressed homes are hard to find, and I am learning that I don't have the fortitude to withstand the rehab process.My goal continues to be finding residential and commercial (office/conference space) property for rental purposes over a one- to five-year period.

I think it is easier to find a deal if you are house hacking since your deal doesn't need to be a home run; it just needs to be better then the alternative (paying rent).To be completely honest the loan officer never clarify why I got pre approved for 300K and when i got into a contract for 268k and we were ready to close they said I was 800dollars off.