However the thermostat is mounted  to the wall a few feet from the front door in a highly accessed retail store where the door is constantly opened.

I chose to dabble in buying 8 front doors in Euclid Ohio in 2014 with cash flow I was getting from the condos.  

I'm calling for final on a converted garage next week.

Not sure, but I don't see interest rates coming down much in 2025.There are always opportunities if you look for them, no one will like bring them to your front door on a silver platter.It seems like when you aren't looking for opportunities they do present themselves.Kinda like it's easier to find a girlfriend when you already have one.

I purchased the home earlier this year and only put in about $40k into it.Does anyone know if there is anything I can do or who to speak to?

There are more details here if interested.I will not tell anyone to do or not to, that is a choice that you will have to make and also it is a choice to work it or not, like any system.

Invest in some awesome parking facilities, like garages or covered spots.

My long term goals are a portfolio of roughly 20 doors or more if the opportunities are there.

I wanted to share the numbers and want to make sense if it's a good deal for us according to what we are looking for.Price: $450k (agent said that we can get it down to $420k)2 Units (1 bedroom in each unit)Mortgage with 3 year fixed comes up to around $2.3kInsurance and tax is roughly $400Rent per unit is $1.4k so if we move out then total rent comes up to $2.8kThere's a detached ADU (garage) that can give us another $100-$150 if we rent it for storage and there's a scope of converting it into another unit later on.So currently rough calculation says that it can cashflow up to $300 per month.

Because the 8% is only on the principal that gets reduced each month and when that principal comes back in the door, its not getting reinvested immediately.