Other advice, especially that pertaining to tax benefits, is also highly appreciated!

Yes, you bought what seems like a good deal on paper, but in reality, you own an old apartment building in a neighborhood with poor security, possibly surrounded by long-vacant shops, streets piled with garbage, and a poorly managed community.

Typically high fees, but still half of what I was being charged by the investors edge. 

Does it look like a modern-ish apartment with breezeways and internal stairs, or is it built like a roadside motel with long walk ways along the front.  

For large apartment projects, it is not practical to demand the return of all letters before closing.

We have a coin op laundry in the basement of our apartment building. 

In today's competitive real estate market, having modern amenities can set your property apart, making it more attractive to a wider audience.

While I’ve considered cash-out refinancing or HELOCs, the high rates make these options less appealing.I’m debating between using cash to acquire more SFRs or diversifying into mixed-use retail properties.

Or paying off my debt, while I provide them with a nice house to live in instead of an apartment. 

The programs that claim high success, over and over again, are the ones that appear on these forums a few years later with students making claims about misrepresentation by the programs.