It was a conversion project.

Conversely, rental property activities reported on Schedule E of your 1040 tax return do not present the same way.Third, all rental activities, including short-term rental (STR) activities, within a partnership tax return are reported on Form 8825.

That conversion will not trigger any tax.Unfortunately we can no longer eliminate all of the tax simply by converting to a new primary and living there. 

Avoid conversions as you never know how it has been renovated behind the walls. 

Focus on properties that were built as a multi family properties:You really wanna avoid conversions unless they were redone fairly recently.

I also met a great GC through her network of people, one just by google search and a phone conversation and another from a local property inspector.

@Troy Fisher was very helpful with providing a good contact and I had a 30-minute conversation with the person.  

From my conversations with others in the industry, I've noticed that skip tracing software, like the ones I mentioned, can be very useful.

Then call animal control, regardless of your conversation, and document your concerns about the dog.

Will,That's a question that involves a lot of detail and conversation to map out the LLC, Financing, Grants, and percentage of partnership should you decide to acquire more than 5-10 properties.Feel free to reach out if you want to discuss the scenario and I can try and detail some tips from my experience.