Still have to pay attorney and fight it through court. 

Depending on if you qualify for the special allowance for active RE, you may be able to take up to $25k in losses (unless you are full time in real estate and may be able to use real estate professional status). 

I'm working full-time, but also studying full-time.

No more fighting with tenants over deposits, etc.  

The other trick to that is to pay balances off in full before the end of the month that the statement was reported, irrespective of the due date.

We fee like a conservative approach will let us go through the growing pains of better understanding real estate investing without the worry of being over leveraged to add to the stress while we are both still employed full time in our careers and do not plan on quitting our jobs to go fully into real estate. 

I gave her notice in February of 2024 because she wasn't able to pay full rent.

Then refinance it in 12 -24 months to take cash out and convert to a full time investment.The other property I would find a Duplex or 3-4 unit in or around Crystal River and set it up as a STR. 

It's really hard to give financial advice without having a full idea of what you're trying to do (fix and flip, buy and hold etc). 

Now I'm being told that because of the charitable contributions listed on the corporation paperwork we need to submit a full appraisal to the state and that the state attorney general needs to approve the sale.