No simple lazy-hacks to say it's worth-it because it's "cheap" vs previous price.

I wanted to see if anyone is familiar with or can recommend paid mentorship programs or coaches for small multifamily unit investing (2-4 units).In my research, I’ve found that most mentorship programs or resources I come across are geared toward large syndication apartment building purchases or other types of investments, such as short-term rentals, medium-term rentals, single-family homes, Section 8, or fix-and-flip projects.

@John Lasher If you are still looking to spend $20k-$30K for a coach, I would be happy to take you up on that offer :) For full disclosure,  I will share with you precisely what you can learn online/ perhaps even entirely through these BiggerPockets Forums but that doesn't address the reason why most are still unable to purchase larger assets: creditworthiness and capital relationships.

If you want it to run well, you may be spending a lot of time at the property.

Feel free to reach out if you have any questions or just want to talk.

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.

You also want to go to real estate investor meetups to get reps with people who do what you want to do.

I hired my own crew and work with them full time. 3 months is for a 5 apartment building.

If Person A had any claim to the deposit, it would have been right after they left, which apparently was over a year ago.Your agreement is with Person B and that's who you would return the deposit to.

That said, I wouldn't let projecting rates factor into my decision as much as whether or not you want to pull the extra $$ out.