Their a/c starting leaking and has missing ductwork, and is blowing air in random places.

Quote from @Duarte Marques: Thanks for the fast reply @Chris SeveneyAny tips on how to start investing in real estate?

Rents started to come down and I had to leave a lot more money in projects that I was in the middle of.  

I myself don't have a lot of appetite for risk which is why I started investing in real estate.

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Start by leveraging what you already have—consider tapping into equity through a HELOC, house hacking again with an FHA loan, or increasing cash flow by converting a unit to a short-term rental.

This is where I would start if I were you—perhaps leveraging one of your existing properties.As a last resort, you could look for a partner willing to fund the project in exchange for a share of the equity.

Also, I'm not sure how you're paying attention to it on the tax side, but the unit that you are living in's profit at sale is calculated differently than the other unit that you're renting out.Once you move out, that unit is officially available for rent so from that point forward, any profit gained at future sale will be calculated starting from that point and will be taxable.

It would be a good way to start networking.

It really helped us a bunch as we got started a year ago.