Then next year buy another one.

@Vince Au no one can predict the future.There are some interesting facts you should confirm for yourself (NEVER believe anything anyone posts here!).

@Charles Perkins is absolutely correct about "collecting all receipts, properly tracking all income and expenses and your basis for all assets properly documented and recorded."

Your best bet is to find and contact all of the top local wholesalers and go to work for one of them and see what they do right and wrong and see if it's even a business you like.

Most, if not all are in older neighborhoods without a HOA and on the bus line. 

The new heat pump all in ones (120 instead of 240 and don’t need venting) are much better than the older all in ones.

One fast way to generate cash flow is to invest in high cash flow, low appreciation markets (say several midwest e.g.

thats basic list one can add.Value add /  New construction / land entitlements/ Timber / Minerals/ Lendingetc etc.. far more ways to actually make money than just buy and wait for rental income to payoff debtl 

The one thing to consider is that IL and NY are both not landlord friendly states.

I already have some equity in the property after doing a complete rehab but I don't want to diminish my returns selling it after one year, paying for commissions/closing costs.