The architect and I have been thinking the exact same thing, with all the people looking to build/ live in this area we could sell just about anything under 500k instantly.

OOS investing is a lot harder than advertised.if you pick a local or local-ish market you can spend time in it, walk properties, go to REIA meetings, build a network.

There is no FHA 3.5% down on an apartment building or a shopping enter, there's lots of gov't incentives for "everyone to own a home" and since 1-4 units residential are all considered "single family" homes that means young investors get to ride that gravy chain for up to 4 units, but nothing like that exists for CRE (the gov't backed CRE mortgage options require MORE experience than traditional/vanilla commercial mortgages).Let me know if I can help.

You will benefit from their credit use and it will build your credit score without having to spend anything.1.

I have suggested twice that if this tenant is so unhappy with my style of management that perhaps moving out would be the best solution only to be told that I’ll have long since sold the building before they leave.

House Hacking via VA loan and 2nd home are on the table, but I am not limiting to that.3-year goal:-Look towards multi-family property or opportunities to build ADUs.

I used prime realty property management for my 12-unit building until I sold in November 2022.

HI all,Looking for an architecture firm to build a new building next to and expand an existing 6 unit Multifamily.Thanksat

The problem with that is two-fold: first there are likely existing assets that are not replaced that qualify for shorter asset lives so you're leaving money on the table, and second you have no cost basis for the removed assets replaced in the remodel as they're intertwined with the initial building cost basis so you'd technically still be depreciating retired assets which is tax fraud. 

We visited the area and the builds are top notch.