Quote from @Jared Polk: I'm just getting started and am planning on buying a MF in the near future.

Good luck in your future endeavors! 

@Justin Brin Yes, you can elect to aggregate your rental properties for Qualified Business Income (QBI) purposes, but once you do, you must continue to aggregate those same properties in future years unless there is a significant change in circumstances (such as disposing of a property).

Always ask your future spouse if they will help you out. 

P.S. if you do plan on getting into farming, I would learn everything you can about futures/commodities trading. 

I look forward to our future discussions and learning/growing together.

Even if I do not recover the money, I do want to have them reported to the credit bureaus etc. so that they do not do this to another unsuspecting landlord in the future.

Regardless, make sure you have appropriate reserves built in so at the very least your future vacancies, repairs, and capital expenditures are covered right away.While the cash on cash method does not take into account amortization or appreciation, I think it's the best way to measure a property's profile tangibly in the near-term.

Are there new trends in commission splitting resulting from the NAR lawsuit starting to emerge?

The underlying holdings are commercial which could be a pain point for lenders.If RE agents do what they do best--manipulate the markets-- we'll see Q2 in 2025 and 2026 get overcrowded with supply in areas that are already trending back to pre-pandemic levels.