It's crucial to align this decision with the nature of your income sources and their respective tax treatments.

Some might have a strong NNN tenant in place with 10+ years left on the lease, and it might be a big corporation that you can take to court if they ghost on paying their rent, while others might be office suites broken up into small offices on 6-36 month leases with shaky tenants like a nutrition supplement MLM that uses the office for 3x a week rah rah meetings on how to recruit more people into the pyramid scheme, that are immune to law suits b/c you can't squeeze juice out of a rock.

Please keep in mind that "suspended passive losses" or losses that are generated that are passive by nature, will STAY passive losses, and CANNOT be used to offset active income.

What are the issues that are stopping you from completing those “rocks”Find a mentor who will understand the above.

Naturally, she refused and the deal was dead.

Admittedly, finding direct comparables has been challenging due to the unique nature of our family's home, but these figures give us a good starting point.I've taken the proactive step of having a property manager conduct an inspection, and preliminary feedback suggests that the renovations required might be relatively minor, pending the final review from the contractor.

I did a rant on BP recently about the arbitrary-nature of the 2% Fed target, but that's not what you're asking.

While these are all great to have, its like trying to find the perfect spouse, you can keep turning over every rock to look, but at some point you will need to compromise and then realize your money was sitting in an account doing nothing for years because you were looking for the perfect deal. 

We are getting a Hard Rock casino that should be done in 2025.  

College towns naturally attract students who may become applicants for your rentals anyway.