I don't know what market you are in but where I am at, a DP of 30-35% is not uncommon to cash flow. 

If so, this is not uncommon and should be budgeted as part of your annual maintenance expenses.

The IRS still doesn't like "short term" 1031s, with good reason - you need to ensure that you can 100% support that it was not a flip.This was not uncommon during 2020-2022 when prices were increasing at an incredible rate, I did have a few clients where they acquired a property that was truly intended to be a rental property, had a long history of buy / renovate / hold rentals, and then the market just blew up so fast that it changed the investment analysis for that property, or in several cases they actually just received unsolicited offers that they couldn't refuse.  

In this area unpermitted work is not uncommon and not heavily enforced.

Especially among those in the late fall season of life who have been "mailbox money" fans throughout their earning years, it is not uncommon to see rents MASSIVELY below market value and those same people boasting in their lack of vacancy. 

As a tenant earlier in life I needed multi-year leases as I knew my job would keep me in a specific place for 2-3 years.Escalator clauses are not uncommon in a multi-year lease. 

Your stress is not uncommon.

We have received $15k to date and have the loan under agreement to sell to another investor as a reperforming loan.This is BEST case situation but it is not uncommon if you do it right. 

And if you think it's uncommon to have to fire a contractor, just wait until you have a couple projects under your belt -- you'll realize that it (should) happen more than you'd think.Anyway, start by reading this:https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/questions...

This is very typical for multifamily, and also not uncommon for any occupied rentals being sold to investors.