Added convenience and always surprises the buyer when they open a closet and see the laundry units as opposed to another linen closet.

If you had identified the property, the cost and the travel cost would have been added to the basis of the property and depreciated.These initial investigatory costs are treated differently for flipping and rentals.1) Flipping: The travel cost to investigate will be treated as a business cost and deducted as an ordinary travel cost.

I 100% endorse adding in the escrows for taxes and insurance to set the buyer/borrower up for success. 

In addition, you should thinking of how you can be top of mind to your clients and how can you provide added services that other agents don't provide in your market.

Our next big objective is to eliminate our housing expenses by purchasing a triplex or fourplex using my VA benefits.

After adding those four items back in, it brings the complex to making around $6,500.

Truth is you could have invested just the $5000, added the $362.50 monthly to the investment on a monthly basis.  

It is still quite restrictive IMO and would not allow for many STRs but some to be added to the local market. 4.

So best next action is to start removing things off the table, take away options, start eliminating things. 

Do you suggest adding a package to my digital guidebook or offering it differently?