Learn by doing, not by paying.You can do all the right things after spending $40,000 on mentoring and not end up with any real estate.If you invest in a project.....very low chances you end up with nothing.   

Seller is an investor who sells dozens of properties each year (some of them via fsbo) but ultimately give in and choose to let you list b/c they’re having trouble offloading this particular property OR want to spend their time on something else.

For the 4 plex you are spending an extra 80k in renovations (I question your 110k renovation number to get to 4 units - this could be low but I don't know the square footage or layout).

Most agents, I can tell you from experience, will not spend too much time on you since your so fairly new and at your purchase price your not a big fish so they will tend to put you on the back burner since heir return is not going to be a game changer.

if you're going to sell it to a buyer who isn't you, say that (and actually have a buyer.)if you're a full time agent though... i'd spend try to spend most or all of your time on on-market activities. 

I am not a huge fan of buying a new car because of the value it loses but I agree with you, you are making money to spend it on something. 

I completely agree with the advice and I'm perfectly okay with not charging him rent.My concern is that by treating this property differently from all the other units in the Series LLC, I may be opening myself up to a situation where I'm weakening my LLC protections even if I keep the financials separate and in order.

I spend all day sourcing deals now.

I only find this interesting because she spends her days commenting on Marco Island posts.She proceeds to send me a long private message saying that she found me on a "scammer website".  

Brokers protect the interests of all of the investors, but investors only want to protect their own interests, which can leave some investors out in the cold.