But I usually heard this from people who had never owned a business before, didn’t have the cash to back up their plans, and often were planning to maintain full time jobs.My advice: Start with one business.

Make sure you have a bulletproof lease, treat the tenant fair but set expectations early on.  

., $300 for paint and supplies) and add a fair hourly rate for labor.

As for rent, the three parties agree on a fair rent for the apartment and that is what you pay the partnership every month in rent.

If your tenant has a credit score worth maintaining they will not want an uncollected judgment to be on it.  

If you have a good agent at Networth Realty they will get you a fair deal and keep both sides honest.

I'm a fairly new investor and was looking for some advice on what my next move should be if I want to build up a portfolio of STR's.

Have you ever had to maintain a property?

You can find comparable sales in 2017 and use that dollar/acre figure to arrive at the fair market value then. 

If you gift a house, the fair market value (FMV) at the time of the gift applies to the lifetime gift limit—not the amount you purchased it for.