If you don't have the downpayment, go make some cash so that you do, either through saving from your normal income or some real estate investing efforts.Your point on debt paydown, although true, is not relevant to the argument of BRRR vs. traditional rental.

Coffee stains under the fridge or a dust bunny in a corner, not if you want the 5 star review and the repeat bidness 🤪 What would be included in a deep clean that is not normally cleaned?

And so even though the agent was very rude to us about this we did put it together and we pad what we normally pay..

Also for rentals condos are normally very tough to make money. 

This is normal. 

https://www.zillow.com/research/october-2024-rent-report-345...It's normal for the market to slow down in winter, especially right around Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Mixed-use continuation is best served if you have foot traffic there or if there may be local business who could use a storefront and there aren't a ton of other similar mixed-use options near by.If I was choosing, I like mixed-use better because it gives you a diversified investment inside of one investment.

The investors that I work with value that we act as their boots on the ground for the transaction and normally use the equity gain to buy the next property.  

Remember that they put their best foot forward before the investment, so it only gets worse from there.You said you were eager for this opportunity.  

As you do this more often, you'll be able to keep a spreadsheet of per square foot prices for materials and labor to get things done and you'll be able to estimate this yourself.