One book I highly recommend is “Buy It, Rent It, Profit” by Bryan Chavis—it’s a great read for investors looking to build long-term wealth.Best of luck with your real estate journey!

The profits that I make from selling the primary property, will be used to pay off my primary residence 

In exchange, he gave her a small rent discount and even helped her relocate some of the larger items.

They have a great bearing on your profitability, but they don't affect the rent.

Renting could allow you to focus on paying down debt and saving for a larger down payment, while buying now could help you start building equity or even generate passive income through house hacking.

We all don't care how much Apple profits on our iPhone... what really matters is the product or value we get or in this terms the ROI on our principal.The fees can be broken down in the three main fees (so you might have to combine some of the above fees under one of the categories below):Acquisition fee (paid % of the asset price) - normally 1-3%Asset management (paid % of the income the asset produces) - normally 1-3%Distribution or exit fee (paid % of the sold asset price) - normally 1-3%Development fees (this is present in development deals) - exampleNOTE: Just because these fees are high or the split structure has too much going to the GP does not disqualify it.

The builders that were building rentals are most assuredly going to switch over to rebuilding the higher profit multi-million dollar homes.

. $8900 is not profitable!

Generally all months other than Sep-Nov are profitable. 

You owe your counter-party a standard of honesty and transparency - be sure they understand that you are an agent, but don't represent them, and are looking at their house as a for-profit investment.The pros and cons have been discussed endlessly on BP.