My ultimate goal is to house-hack this deal as well. 

Start with small goals, and soon enough, you'll find yourself turning away business.

This is something I try to live by and teach my kids if I can - "A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly.

This could reduce your help lower your taxable income if the investment aligns with your lifestyle goals.

My end goal is change the lives of others one property at a time and I am hoping this group will help me do just that. 

It sounds like we didn't do a good job of setting expectations with you on the front end.

My goal Is to help get items of value/desire back into the 2nd hand market instead of getting just thrown out.

Are you both friends and have unique skill sets and are breaking up the duties of investing based on those skills?

That's an ambitious goal!

Although I wasn’t happy with this agreement because my goal is to evict them as soon as possible, my lawyer told me it was the best outcome we could achieve.However, the tenants didn’t honor the agreement.