@Denise Supplee I appreciate you sharing part of your story/journey, it’s very motivating it’s a place I would love to get to one day in the near future. 

@Grace Tapfuma I have no idea how things work in Australia but if I were you in the US…Don’t sell the business.Businesses usually sell for a much lower multiple of their products income than real estate does.To be honest, you’ve built out a lot of infrastructure to create a successful business and maybe reinvesting in it would create a much better return on investment.For which you could reinvest those future profits into real estate, once you’ve scaled your business into a money making machine that isn’t so dependent upon YOU to drive the bottom line.I had a friend (38 years old) just recently sell his medical device company for $30M dollars and now he’s using this chapter of his life to passively invest in real estate ventures.Meanwhile, I’ve been toiling out here for 19 years as a real estate investor and I’ve built a portfolio worth $18M and have a net worth of $5M at 41 years old.Sometimes the grass isn’t greener on the other side.Correct me if I’m missing something!

And don't let cash flow be the end all be all, if you have people living with you, your expenses and mortgage is significantly reduced that you pay and you'll be saving money, learning to be a landlord for the future, and building equity all at a young age! 

Since dealers can have different tax treatments for separate properties, future structuring matters.

That information was stated to establish what I thought is a relevant trend to the discussion that inevitably follows it.

I think this is they way to go - landlords pay once, and if the building is lead-free, have the certificate on file so that future testing is not needed.

You also should be looking at the trend in the area.

Legislators often leverage future obligations in the form of bonds.

If you buy the single now your DTI will be negatively affected for future properties.

I can only assume these issues with that tenant will continue into the future and could possibly become worse.