Here’s a quick breakdown of our financials:Operational expenses (excluding mortgage): $33k (Jan-Dec 2024)Annual mortgage payments: $58kTotal needed to break even: $91k+Income earned this year: $80kClearly, we need to bridge a gap of about $11k just to cover our expenses, and I’m exploring options to increase profitability.

See what qualifications people are looking for and do what you have to in the meantime to produce income while you're studying. 

I know it seems difficult to turn down the potential income from this lease, but be patient, renting season is just around the corner.

Quote from @Paul Azad: Beautiful property Blake, and great growing area, i drove through a few years ago, amazing scenerey and perrenial vacation spot, would you feel comfortable sharing the structure of the syndication for the investors, fees, projected IRR, or time weighted avg returns etc from a potential passive investor perspective?

It would take around 5 years to pay off the HELOC by using some of the monthly rental income from two investment properties.

Note: We do 50+ investment property loans a month and the most important thing I tell BUYERS of properties being sold as or soon to be STR is make sure you are paying the market price per square foot and do NOT buy based on income approach/CAP rate.

Identify the need that you can deliver on.Grow: you, your income and opportunities will increase as you continue to do the above.Biggerpocket podcast is a good launch point.

Could someone explain that to me or if there’s anyway to deduct those expenses.Hey Troy,  When a property is not “in service,” it means it is not yet available for rent or generating income.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Recommend you first figure out the property Class you want to invest in, THEN figure out the corresponding location to invest in.Property Class will typically dictate the Class of tenant you get, which greatly IMPACTS rental income stability and property maintenance/damage by tenants.If you apply Class A assumptions to a Class B or C purchase, your expectations won’t be met and it may be a financial disaster.If you buy/renovate a property in Class D area to Class A standards, what quality of tenant will you get?

Quote from @Michell Chase Chase: I registered my LLC in Wyoming and was not told anything to that nature..but my investment property is in NY so I also have to register my WY LLC as a foreign entity LLC in NY as I will be generating income in that state...