I did a step up payment schedule for my business that I bought.

You just had to hit the market based on the school schedule and no one moved after school began in Aug. until maybe Jan. if you were lucky, otherwise you got the riff raft tenants that were awful.

I give her the monthly schedule a few days before the start of the month and she guarantees the unit will be cleaned in the window between check-outs and check-ins.

One challenge was coordinating multiple contractors to stay on schedule.

One challenge was coordinating with contractors to stay on schedule.

So was this filed on schedule E and did you deduct paper loses against a W-2 income?  

Make sure you have a schedule to pay it back and then make sure it gets paid back on time.Good Luck!

Books came in the mail and my coach scheduled a (initailly) weekly call. 

Of course there are exceptions, for example COVID which disrupted the cycle schedule, but most of the time cycles remain pretty consistent.

Find them and the latest schedule on Meetup.LARGE Multi-family- Look up Brad Sumrok, Kenny Wolfe, Aaron Katz, Emily Courtright, Jorge Abreau, and Dawn Keller.