The whole transaction starting with a JV between the plan and yourself is far from clean or safe.  

As you get more experience and your equity in the properties rise if they are doing value add deals then eventually and surprisingly quickly they could be leveraging into other deals, bankers gain more confidence in them, etc.

If that work is something you think you can do quickly, I'd firmly raise the rent and see if they opt to move or not.

I’m 24 years old and when I started was consistently encouraged to buy a home as quickly as possible for specific reasons.

Barnes, its a quick read.

I would say at the beginning play it safe-walk before you run etc.

We have a listing coming up in that area, asking for $599k (average condition, no major repairing needed) and it is priced to sell quickly. 

There are million get rich quick videos on the internet.

One simple yet extremely powerful thought quickly flew into my mind, "return to the basics".Okay, what does that even mean?

A few years back (2014), I bought my first home in Oakland, CA after looking for ways to build wealth and realizing that I could put money into my own pocket (albeit not very quickly) by buying a house.