I believe in nj I have to work under a broker for 35 deals befor I'm allowed to go off on my own (not quite sure).

Good luck & don’t quit.

If you are unfamiliar with producing a business plan it can be quite daunting, it may take you a year or more to put the numbers together.

Second, becoming a GC allowed me to quit my day job and go full time building my own projects as I charge my investors to GC the projects, and that allowed me to find more deals and investors much faster as being in/around RE all day every day is very helpful to scale quickly.

Paid out-of-pocket in payments and completed a Quit Claim Deed, plan to build another small rental on the same property.

Well, if she won't leave voluntarily, then you'll need to post a pay or quit notice on the door or hand it to her.

When we arrived from Nebraska, we were quite shocked in the difference in costs relating to fuel, groceries, services and night life.

Financials and strategy aside which I'm sure you've got down, It's important to look at the external risk factors when renting out ANY  property as an SRO Single Room Occupancy in NYC.

In the land business out west especially low value desert land pretty much all of those deals are traded with QC ( Quit Claim) Deeds prepped by the seller and mailed in to record.

I kept looking and kept looking, nothing was quite right.