Do you have other ways to decrease your expenses or increase your income aside from real estate? 

FYI, a Cost Segregation Study will "not" increase your chances of an IRS audit.

There's a good chance the issue(s) you face has already been discussed and answered.Ask questions in the appropriate forum.

If you were able to increase the value of the property significantly after the rehab, then you could bring the deal to a community bank  to refinance and take the hard money lender out.You keep all the equity and don’t have to file a partnership return for your annual tax return, which can be costly.  

Look at SCI, we had a lot rent increase in Nov. 2017, SCI came in an purchased it in Dec. 2017 and increased the rent again.

If you invest in RE, whether active or passive(management team, syndications, crowdfunding), I'd love the chance to quickly explain the structure and hear your thoughts on what might need to be improved.

The 10-year treasury is currently sitting at 4.62% as of 1/24/2025 up from 3.73% on 9/13/2024, reflecting a 23.8% increase over the last 4 months (Source).

There's a good chance the issue(s) you face has already been discussed and answered.Ask questions in the appropriate forum.

Follow up with an email to the agent and bullet point your case, which increases the chance that the owner will actually hear them7.)

Normally, we don't make rent increases that soon as we want a chance to see how their payment record is.