@Paul Shannon Great job asking about the fee structure.

I’m also open to exploring short-term rentals, private lending, or passive investing in funds—anything that maximizes returns while keeping risk and time commitments manageable.For context, I’d consider leaving my job if this could become a full-time venture that surpasses my current compensation (low-mid six figures).

Without population growth, your rental income will lag behind inflation, requiring you to find additional sources of income.How long your rental income lasts depends on the job growth in the investment city.Non-government jobs are inherently temporary.

It seems that to be on Section 8 you need to look for a job on a regular basis.

Your job is to make sure they are covering what they need to cover for the property. 

If they have excellent credit, great job history, great references and you met them and got a good feel. 

I had more than one contractor do a great job on the first and then go downhill from there.

They are there on time reliably, do a good job managing inventory/off site laundry, and generally do a good job cleaning overall.

Assuming you have a W-2 job that has a 401k*

I'm not sure if we can like to articles on our own websites here, so to be safe I'll just suggest the IRS web page, which does do a pretty good job of explaining the basics: https://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc510The main thing to know if you're going to claim business miles is that you do need to keep a log of every business trip.