Talking with a real estate CPA and a good lenders can also give you perspective on your finances and how to reach your goals. 

If for no other reason, it seems that I’d have a much better understanding of pricing our rental in general and a good baseline to make decisions in the future. 

Your story resonates with me and my partners, as we too ventured into Detroit's real estate market, albeit on a larger scale, and have faced some significant challenges.In the early days of COVID-19, my partners and I invested in land in Detroit's vibrant Corktown neighborhood with the intention of building 42 townhouses and a 72-unit rental building.

I own 4 rental properties and a small strip mall in the Baltimore area

We feel hesitant to send her another pay stub and a copy of our driver’s licenses.

Equity from sale can go to the new property AND a DST/TIC tax free as long as I have at least a mortgage/debt of 225k on that new property?

The investors with the most units and most experience could just as likely be in flip flops and a Jimmy Buffett shirt as jeans and a polo.

We’ve found a great option for us in Tennessee with a cabin (currently used as a str) and a mobile home.

This statute section covers items on PMc's, and as detail here, an exclusionary clause to the statute which via that exclusionary clause it there in becomes an empowerment for the referenced actions being exempt from the prevailing statutes for that item.

I have a W-2 Job, capital saved up for a down payment (or two), and a buy box based on my affordability.