Here once you start passing $1500 in rent your pool is getting pretty shallow. 

Let's start there. 

Once the work was complete, I refinanced to pay off the hard money loan and held the property as a long-term asset.This duplex also marked the start of my short-term rental journey—we ran our first Airbnb from one of the apartments before scaling to bigger projects.

A couple months later finally starting to feel better.That's when I called in a professional mold remediator.

For those of you who are starting out and want to learn more about real estate depreciation and cost segregation! 

I formed Park Place Communities in 2014, and we started purchasing communities in early 2015.

Cosmo - I personally don't know Phoenix well, but if I had to do this in another city I would look at income levels, crime levels, and population growth (if you can) by zip code and/or area within a DMA as a starting point.

If this roof leak started suddenly during a storm and damaged the ceiling spontaneously you may not have much to go on.

Nashville is such a great market to get started in! 

Also, if you are a minority, WRA has the Partnership for Success program, which helps pay for your start up costs.