I couldn't have done either of those, so the cost wasn't 100% loss.But at any rate, I am now adding "clean coils inside the air handler" to my routine when I prepare a vacant unit.

In the upstream oil business we would routinely buy mom and pop small businesses for a multiple of EBITDA based on the stability, scalability, and transferability of the revenue.

This would include routine inspections, obtaining and qualifying tenants, managing tenant issues and routine maintenance, making mortgage and insurance payments, locating qualified vendors for repairs and capital improvements, then coordinating, monitoring, and paying them.

Of course, there are also routine capital type projects, like replacing a roof or painting a building.

I would say try to slowly incorporate it into your daily routine.

Do a morning routine that involves exercising.

Now that we've already agreed on so much, I'm uncomfortable trying to push them to move in earlier.

I don't wholesale so I can't help there but you are on the right track looking for a daily routine.

I may be wrong, but I felt like the SD-IRA guy got a little uncomfortable when we started asking about UBIT taxes and transaction fees... 

If you're uncomfortable with it, skip the deal.