We're picking up extra work, multiple side-hustles and cutting living expenses... what am I missing here?! 

Multiple reasons why - high turnover, language barrier, individuals not representative of your brand, etc. 

A well-maintained property not only attracts quality tenants but also helps preserve its market value.Time Management: Managing a rental property can be time-consuming, especially if you have multiple properties or are working another full-time job.

W-2, 1099, etc.) with passive income/loss from rentals is to meet the IRS requirements for Real Estate Professional Status or REPS (this also requires material participation in addition to specific requirements to be considered a REPS).Once you have clarity on whether or not you can offset non-passive income with rental losses you can then explore cost seg to accelerate depreciation (and some of the accelerated depreciation from cost seg will impact year 1)...

This will assist investors in making informed decisions and to potentially identify lucrative investment opportunities.More Accurate Property Valuations: Property values are assessed more accurately when utilizing AI tools as they are able to take into account multiple factors including market conditions, location and the features of a property.

Most people need to start somewhere and IMO it's a great way, it's how I started out 7 years ago, with my first and now I am able to own multiple properties. 

There are multiple resources to help you find a market and eliminate markets where you don't want to invest.

Contrast that to 2022 when units were getting multiple offers within hours of being listed. 

Of course, there are always multiple ways to overcome any challenge, but this is how we have done it so far...My partner and I currently own and operate transitional living houses in a Midwest city, and it is definitely a different business than owning or managing standard rentals.  

If both are franchisee's is one a multiplication owner and other is single location?