Additionally, failing to close a loan over a fiscal year is a huge red flag and usually leads to termination.I want to dive headfirst into RE investing to gain that experience I mentioned above.

I think a good rule of thumb is that if all of your preffered exit strategies fail to maximize profits (mid-term, AirBNB, Padsplit, etc.), you're able to make it work as a long-term rental at the very least and maybe you can go back to one of those preferred strategies in the future.

Raising kids when rich is a hard, thankless job, and most rich parents fail miserably at it. 

So you knew this and YOU failed to take action to protect your property from the dust.My husband thinks they should’ve covered up the AC return.

Spell out in the lease the cost for a gardener is $300 and snow removal $200 a pop if she fails to maintain you go to full service and lease increases.

If your investment fails, it may impact your primary residence because of the money you borrowed against it.My preference is that you increase earnings, reduce expenses, save up, and make each investment stand on its own.

There will be many people who entered RE in 2023 that fail in large part because they did not have a good understanding of the underwriting, thought RE investing was more passive than it is, expected interest rates to drop in the short term, and/or over leveraged.  

This leaves the Landlord stuck missing the rent (or deposit, depending on what you did with the last month of rent) and a tenant that failed to leave and you are one month behind on your eviction process.Best practice: do not apply the deposit to rent.

Here in Florida, even the well dressed, failed lawyer type Agents, driving Mercedes, working for big companies, don't know what they are doing. 

Have the materials failed (leaks)?