I'm curious how you would handle managing when working a full-time job in the military.

The original post leaves the door open for a challenge by the IRS, so the safe harbor of holding it for investment for two full years is the safer option.  

Whether it’s sprucing up a property with a few renovations or doing a full-scale flip, a good contractor can make all the difference.

You have a head full of ideas, and that is a good thing.

Currently have a duplex I’ve been in 3 yearsMortgage 3.65% pmt $850Tenant pays $875Heloc $30k——monthly $291The issue I am running into isRates are so high right now and it’s a lot harder to find another that will cover full mortgage.Does it make sense to leave somewhere that it is full covered to go to one that is not?

Learn how to evaluate a market by either reading and listening to a lot of content or by providing some sort of value to someone who already has that knowledge.

. -- lots of factors to consider (including your personal strategy), but here are a few high level metrics to compare the most populous zip codes in HuntsvilleWelcome to drop me a message if you are interested in checking out the full report 

And if all houses have not been fully rehabbed (we do fulls on every buy), some expected number for capital expenses should be included in that (IE if you have 3 years left on your roof you need to be deducting $X from that figure, repeat ad nauseum for all major capex).

If that is full RC for roof and home that is a good price for that area!

For context I am a full time lender and understand DTI and have very good credit.