You're running a business and when you proactively do so, your tenants will know that you're holding up your end of the lease - and if they don't, they don't stay.Hope this helps.  

Now she's starting her own Interior Design business and has become entrepreneurial.

At some point your business partner will want his cut (Federal Gov).

Use this partnership as I way to learn how to crawl in the house flipping business.

All businesses can hit speed bumps during any growth period. 

This was probably a result of the busy November for new contracts.

i noticed though that the strategies you proposed are very different... an STR is a hospitality business and syndication is (in theory) at least somewhat passive.my main tip in getting started is not to rush into anything. 

I started two businesses to that end.

I am trying to find a mentor and I feel like working for a corporate wholesaler might give me the experience I need to turn my little $175,000 chunk into a rental property business one day.

My advice come with no bias or conflict of interest.