So if you sell your property you could get a duplex or multi-family somewhere with a more attractive market.

In a more cap appreciation market, very difficult to make the numbers work without a large down payment.Great breakdown of the ways to get into the gameGino

Just focusing on the tax issue for you: 1031 Exchange in 2025: If the leaks keep coming, selling and doing a 1031 exchange into a more reliable multifamily could be your best move.

I need to continue to pursue cash flow but would very much like to be in a more remote position to spend time on the lending side because being a realtor and appraiser is limiting in a local geographic sense. 

Make sure these expenses fit into your investment plans and budget.In short, while you don’t have to set up an LLC before buying your first property, it can definitely offer some solid benefits like liability protection, tax flexibility, and a more professional image.

I ultimately settled on Ohio for a more landlord friendly and better price point/not have to run a negative every month after the property was stabilized.

More sophisticated and experienced investors, and those employing knowledge attorneys will understand that while not an absolute, a REG D offering offers some amount of comfort in that the sponsor has placed his offering on a more “sophisticated” level than an intrastate or general exemption offering.  

Some of my clients want to track at a more detailed level in which case we use the projects module to track at the same level of detail as the rehab budget. 

A good question to ask yourself is; why don't they just get a loan from a more traditional lender?

We will create a system of cosmetic improvements that will be completed for each property we fix and flip, therefore making the rehab a more streamlined process once the property is under our ownership.