It’s a tried-and-true way to build long-term wealth, with tax benefits like depreciation and the ability to leverage financing.

Would you recommend this?

My partner told me to try using another Option and a mock Lease Agreement...

You'll end up spending countless hours trying to analyze all the numbers, and in the end you still won't know what house to buy.Our grandparents didn't have all these research tools, podcasts, books, and other resources, and they still managed to invest in real estate. 

The general rhetoric was that this was going to make it harder to be an agent.

Background: I offered on a condo (still a newbie to investing myself, although this would make my third STR and second in one market), and the same day a second offer came in, higher.

Also, I won't do any buisness this year through my LLC so will I still have to file? 

I brought a partner into this deal to get it done, I will be funding the rehab portion of this Fix and Flip deal.

When I see this, it's concerning because.. why are so many decent looking homes in a "warm" market temperature on the market for two plus months???

Each time I try and run my numbers for a cash-out refinance, the numbers don't make sense.