The income is a nice cherry on top to my monthly rentI reached out to like 3 or 4 vendors and got pricing.

Those might make good rentals...but also there can be extra costs...see if they are in PIDs/PUDs or MUDs that add significant cost to the monthly payment...maybe $100-$200 extra a month.Also $2500 sounds high on rent to me for 1800sqft....I would think more like around $2000/month, but haven't looked in that area lately.I do like Forney....one issue is I don't think there are good demand drivers there. 

BPs calculator is good and I like to use it.

Are there any good resource recommendations for learning accounting for a project like that?

As a result money spent on trying to achieve anonymity is probably the largest unnecessary expense new investors incur and when they hear someone like yourself with 26,000+ posts and impressive credentials share that you can't be traced, that's something forum readers will latch onto.

Sounds like you need an experienced JV partner.

First, short term, I'd like to expand my portfolio of just one property into 2 by househacking by owner occupying a multi property.

You will likely need a bigger gas line (assuming gas).  

@Isabelle Tanner you need an invoice usually for warranty a repair like AC.

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