Right now, we only have a couple of rental properties; they were turnkey investments that my business partner had before I joined him.A bit of advice that might seem obvious but often gets overlooked: stay very organized.

I'm an investor in MA, so obviously I would recommend here, however I have done a lot of research into Syracuse.

Also obvious to me is this property will not produce a return that warrants the effort. 

So even though I lost a deal and commission I won loyalty and a client for life and became very valued as an agent and very successful by getting the money that was deserved and obviously, rightfully, morally and legally due to her.  

This is obviously much better than $1,400 per month.On top of that, you will now get 2x the depreciation write-off so your taxes should go down.On top of that, you will now get 2x the appreciation when real estate price go up.On top of that, your tenants are helping you pay down the loan, initially at about $100/mo for both properties, which gradually gets better and better.On top of that, you now have more units so if one or two goes vacant, you have more renters covering the losses of the vacant units.If you want to keep these properties, I would do a cash-out refi and go buy more rental real estate.

Hearing dates are presently around 1-2 months presently (though obviously that can change).

Obviously each deal is unique and requires proper due diligence. 

If said guru also has a relationship with an LLC creation company that over-charges by thousands of dollars, then it’s obvious why they tell you that you need one!   

There are not a plethora of 'home run' STR's that are going to return in 2-3 years but there is significant value and definitely properties that will return 20%+ COC and definitely several dozen that are obvious values in their own right, and will absolutely carry all operating costs. 

The process will obviously cost quite a bit more and Safeguard seems to have washed their hands of it completely.