Other times they just don’t work and you need to move on.

Keep learning and work on improving your credit over time to expand your options.

We see the value in learning from experience, but also understand that over time as our portfolio grows, we'll need to consider a management co.

Honestly, it was a great investment only because we bought it at the right time. 

I think this gets missed sometimes, or people are surprised that they are taking a lot of risk AND energy/time to get returns generally available already with much lower of the two

I'm particularly passionate about [ starting my own business on flipping houses..Outside of real estate, I enjoy  spending time w my kids ,, i love the outdoors alot and I enjoy making family memories .Excited to learn and connect with you all!

We have reached out to every buyer/seller agent as well as previous owners to try and get statements proving it was an apartment.The issue is... now we need plans drawn up, a permit issued, and a city inspection on something that was converted decades ago and will cost thousands of dollars and time. 

Call the gas company, if it's not back on, schedule a time for them to turn it on.

Take the time, energy and resources you are allocating towards this and refocus it on the underlying real estate.

You must document the use of the money to prevent a claim that you made a consumer-purpose loan.