Is your goal to use being an agent for your own personal investments or actively try and grow your agent business to eventually leave your W2?

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I want to start smart and scale up as I learn the ropes, but I’m personally struggling to narrow down which area to focus on.If you’ve done this before, what advice would you give someone like me?

Quote from @Sara Valentine: I have rented my personal home as a fully furnished/lots of amenities 3 month rental jan, feb, and march the past 3 years.

I'm trying to decide if it's worth it to help me build a credit profile/score for my company which will be independent of my personal credit. 

Seems like a low risk strategy for you to start taking action on your dreams, which is the crucial ingredient towards reaching FI. 

Again, this is a conversation to have with your accountant to ensure the benefits would outweigh the costs.Another misconception is that there is little value in a cost segregation study for properties that do not have a lot of personal property in them or very little interior build out, such as industrial warehouses.

Either way, $600 in cash flow should actually help your personal DTI if you go for conventional financing on a primary again. 

You will have to pay higher personal income tax rate, versus waitingtill after one year for lower Capital gain tax rates.

Matt--what actions/behaviors did you observe that caused your "spidey-sense" to tingle on this prospective tenant?