Since there are often different entities, there are different skills and systems needed.With that said, I can tell you are definitely better at building systems that I am (I have built up some best practices, but they mostly reside in my head).

Hi everyone, joined BP last year for all the freebee calculators and finding myself a bit over my head and in need of some advice...Have a commercial property bought on land contract, 0 down, 5%, amoritized over 30 years with 6 year balloon for 120k last year.

Instead, I just decided to head in "that direction" and figured I'd get to the destination eventually. 

**Expert Guidance:** Working closely with the Renatus head coach proved to be a better path for me.

This is why when I hear people say they have to have high cashflow in order to buy a property it makes me shake my head.

It's easy to play the what if senario over in my head over and over again, but I've shifted from "What if" to "What's next"!

I struggled to wrap my head around, 5 calls a week, at first.

I live & invest in Chicago but recently have turned my head towards Northwest Indiana because of the landlord friendly laws, it's ridiculously costly in Chicago if you have to evict! 

Give them a portion of the profits from the STRs and have a buy-out clause when you have the funds to refinance.I am sure there are many other potential options for you to look into, but just off the top of my head these 5 came to mind.

Yes i am living in one unit Gotcha - just as a heads up, most non-qm DSCR lenders do not allow for owner occupied properties