Your VA loan will be crucial to your real estate investing growth, especially since it affords you the potential opportunity to own more than one property, depending on your overall allotment.For active military personnel, that conundrum of where to invest and where you will end up is always part of the issue that sometimes causes analysis paralysis so it's great you have one in VA Beach already.

I'm a realtor, investor and own a construction company located in College Station, Tx.

Sounds like you’re trying to google and perform your own heart surgery.  

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The IRS is very clear about the distinction between the two scenarios.  1099 subcontractors provide their own tools, set their own schedules are not directed by the hour. 

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.), but the bedrooms are regular keys, as @Jonathan C. mentioned for the front door, the unit is set up to send me an email when the batteries are low. i also have another student rental ( 8 rooms, 2 entry, 2 units + utility room) one master key and each bedroom has its own key that will get students in the entry, there unit, and there own bedroom. had a locksmith do that one. cost me a few hundred dollars with keying and supplying the locks ( 13 total ). i like both setups but may look into the landlord locks again for my 3rd student rental i just purchased.

Each should be able to operate on its own.

You can see this in the graph below:The graph also shows that DOM is worst in 2024 than any of the previous 6 years:(So, you are not alone in experiencing this.Now, just don't take this as a pass to not try harder to find your own solution for this problem:)

Rank every property you own from best to worst in cash flow2.