This pain is going to be either in you labor, legal fights, tenant issues, but most likely a combination of all of them.

Good basis for fighting the ever-more-frequent push for rent control:stlouisfed DOT org/on-the-economy/2024/feb/what-are-long-run-trade-offs-rent-control-policies

This is my first full year with seasons owning the house…so I’m learning a lot of lessons.  5) I think to your point I simply need to fight through the summer with hopefully great bookings and knock out more of the debt.  

I hold a note on an investment property we sold to a contractor 'friend'.We lent him $9k against the increased equity BUT couldn't add it as a 2nd (had a workers comp lien he was still fighting to resolve) but the signed agreement was we would advance the $9k by increasing the principal amount of the existing mtg by the $9k.

The agreement should be done by an attorney but the Trust can be a simple two page form.Partnering with family can cause long term emotional stress, if your agreement is written, signed, notarized you will avoid fights, as this is a business arrangement.

I just wanted to take a moment to say hi to everyone who gets up and fights the good fight by striving to achieve the ultimate reward, getting a deal under contract. 

You MAY get 1%/m gross in a multi that you also want to live in - not forgetting to subtract the percentage that you miss out on because of your occupier status - meaning that it'll be a fight to find something that'll cost you less per month than if you rented there - but I have confidence that you have the right attitude and foreknowledge to succeed.

Make it like new and they will fight over it.  

This tenant isn't doing anything illegal, but she constantly fights with other tenants, is always complaining and verbally abusive, and threatens to sue at the slightest rent increase. 

I also suggest to them that dancing is more productive than fighting, notwithstanding our recent political debacle.