I bet they wait until January or February so they don’t have to pay the tax on those gains for another year (which is why we may be seeing less selling this month than in a normal cycle).

Most landlords wait until the tenant stops paying rent before learning how to deal with it, and they are always behind the curve.

Finding tenants to pay your bills is the hard part.

So my insurance was paying $6200 a month for "barely" furnished 2-2 apartment new the Arboretum. 

Once the work was complete, I refinanced to pay off the hard money loan and held the property as a long-term asset.This duplex also marked the start of my short-term rental journey—we ran our first Airbnb from one of the apartments before scaling to bigger projects.

For example I would rather buy a property for a $100k discount that may have negative cash flow of $500/mo month for 3 years than pay market value for a property that cash flows $200/mo.

Now, you need to figure out how to find deals and pay for them.

I currently live in a 1000 sqft home that we pay a mortgage on.

You pay on those gains. 2.

Happy to pay for your time.