Note: This all pertains to the 2022 tax year and I still have a W-2 job which is the main source of my income.Given I've only owned a rental for one year (also my first home ever) and I'm very new to rental-related taxes, I of course hired a "good" tax advisor/CPA to help ensure I stay out of trouble with the IRS.

If not, I recommend you take some classes before you get yourself into trouble.

The second property, I’m in deep trouble.

I am having trouble though with ARV.

I don't have any pending legal issues at the moment, but I've been thinking I should find a lawyer that I can go to for questions, to review documents, leases, etc so that I can have confidence that I'm not making any silly mistakes that will get me into trouble later on.

When you start "picking" tenants or doing favors or acts of kindness for tenants is really when you can get yourself in legal trouble. 

It was not easy, since without having my property under contract I had trouble getting a property owner to sign a sales agreement with me.

There's a lot of ways, just need to look at your overall financial picture and where your money is going and focus on the trouble spots.

Anyone have thoughts on whether this is much trouble?

The "Gold-Rush Syndicators", yeah I see a LOT of trouble's there.