I got a hold of the owner by looking up his information on the county website.

I'm someone who does well with coaching and direction so trying to piece things together on my own has kept my investing journey in a hold pattern of learning.  

My goal is buy/hold.

You’re paying big money to target people who explicitly want to hold on to their homes, all in the hope of convincing them to sell.

Much more than a forum answer post can hold. 

Be mindful of short-term capital gains tax, as profits from flips held for less than a year are taxed as ordinary income, and frequent flipping may result in self-employment taxes.While profits from flips do not qualify for 1031 exchanges (since flips are considered inventory, not investment properties), you can minimize your tax burden by deducting allowable expenses like renovation costs, loan interest, and holding expenses.If you're considering diversifying into rentals, explore opportunities to benefit from long-term tax advantages such as depreciation and lower long-term capital gains rates.

This is our messages to Appfolio for the last two months, they are awful and holding our fund not to disburse, please see below - We have been trying to reach your company by chat, phone number and no luck.

We also have a different ESCROW account that holds the deposits for buyers purchasing our listed properties. 

If you are setting aside funds for capex, taxes, insurance, or other expenses that don't occur monthly, transfer those funds to Savings each month and hold them there until it's time to spend them.

Now most of the time we don't see househackers/investors use in-house or portfolio loans from banks because sometimes they have more restrictive guidelines and higher fees for holding it which might cause the numbers not to work or for the deal not to go through entirely.