Initially, the business was cash-flow positive for the first three months, but things have declined since then.I received several negative reviews due to cleaning issues, and it took me over a year—cycling through multiple cleaners and settling for an average one—before finally hiring a great cleaner.

We fixed the foundation and the flat roof issues with pooling water, and rents didn't meet the mortgage just yet.In 2023, we finally started to cash flow.

What a great analysis.

I finally gave in and decided to talk to them.

If you have a local real estate agent you work with, having them do some market analysis for you would be a good place to start.

Hey BiggerPockets Fam!My name's Cody, I have been listening to the podcast for years, and I've read all the books. I'm a single father, been raising my two daughters since they were born, and am ready to start buildin...

Here is my experience, and what I regret: https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/922/topics/1133476-hous...As far as analysis, house hacking has a different metric in my opinion. 

After watching my wife, son and I build our 8locations over the last 7 years, he finally got the itch and saidhey, help me get started.Already posted theprocess he went through on another post developing the location.

Far too many get stuck in the "paralysis by analysis" stage, thinking they just don't know enough to get started.

If you decide to go the multifamily route, Real Estate lab .com is a multifamily software for deal analysis plus they have many other useful features.