They saw ahead that these jobs take a toll on you so bought RE and now live off RE in one form or another.

Several years later and she's still struggling to get even let alone get ahead.  

If you disagree then you should just ignore the advice you get and plow ahead.

Right now, you are thinking of yourself and how to get you ahead and not stepping back and looking holistically at the process.

If not covered by the lease, why didn't the seller provide you a lease addendum about this ahead of time?

Have you ever faced repair issues because a project was rushed?

You will find other newbies there and others who are only a few months ahead.

If you expect a large tax balance this is why people rush to get it into services ASAPEdit: To also add if the taxpayer qualifies for the "STR loophole" as some call it, even if they don't have much rental income, they could use the losses produced by that STR to offset other income.

It sounds like there is some scale in the deal for a fix and flip, but you would surely be way out ahead of your skis to do that based on what you said.

If you think ahead, you can minimize recapture with the right tax planning.So...