While it's exciting to cash in on a successful investment, the looming capital gains taxes can significantly cut into your profits.

Supply seems to have dwindled a bit as PPR has moved to mostly 1st liens and cut their rate to 10%. 

what really needs to be reviewed is why is it not going well and what is the plan - its very different plan when you cut distributions and do a capital call  to hold $4M to lower your debt obligation to allow for a refinnance compared to needing a capital call because you are only at 80% occupancy and anticpated 95%, rents are 50 cents a square foot less than you wanted and expenses are 25% higher....

So true I mean rent free would be #1 goal but I can make do with half my living cut down .

For holes in the wall (one had a large round cut out), was that the tenant's doing? 

I currently own 4 units in 8 unit complex and i had to pay from my own pocket for cutting down trees because hoa has no money and the other units members dont' want to pitch and could care less also they dont' maintain there budlings which makes the complex look bit down. 

Dont cut corners just because they're only staying for 2-3 months

For the 10 year period spanning October 2014-2024, single-family prices in Austin nearly doubled, yielding an annualized appreciation rate of ~9% in that period.With inflation nearing its 2% target and signs of a slowing labor market, The Federal Reserve recently made its second cut to the federal funds rate since the start of the COVID pandemic.

It's been cut up, sold off and dispersed through the generations but our little piece is still where I like to call home.

If you get a little further out from LSU, you can probably buy in the mid $200k range and cut $200-$300/month out of that.