When you have a duplex and tenants on both sides stay for ten years, it almost guarantees that something isn't right.I would study your market and determine the value of your rental, because I bet you are losing money every month.

Studies show good staging does have an impact on your sale.

But, I don’t think that should be a very high bar for you especially if you are already studying and researching this at 18 years old and you don’t plan to buy anything until 2-3 years from now at the earliest.

He claims to assist you with buying 5 properties, but he is on social media all day long, he has an assistant text.

Study the market.

I cannot assist w/ the acquisition of the property but do have an FHA product that is specific for home improvements.

The landlord should be named on the tenant's insurance policy for additional protection and to assist with tracking compliance.

The most important thing is to know the details of your local program like the back of your hand, then look for loopholes.Just to give you and the other BP'ers a deeper handle on why some TDR programs work and some don't, I just uploaded an excellent study on the topic to my FilePlace at http://www.biggerpockets.com/files/user/ChrisNewma...

This thought led me into studying about becoming financially free and building generational wealth.

Use this time to study at the university and continue to study real estate.