Standalone brick and mortars like compass are the ones that are burning through money and taking it from the agent and customer it is very hard for compass to survive in those environment, as company like as big as amazon or apple move to hybrid work environment, the compass failed to grasp the spirit hence their transaction cost is so high.

I can't have a re-inspection done yet, because the tenant is delinquent in her payments, so the only way to move forward, it seems, is to have her evicted now.

Hey Ryan, (in general) your passive income will be offset by these prior passive losses since they carry forward :) 

To start, we’d purchase a home (preferably a multi unit) so we could make it our primary for the first year, then move on and use it as a rental.

Just don't worry about it--do the right things at the right times and you'll likely be fine.Keep investing and moving forward!

We can move in together.

, our next move in renovations on kitchen and raise rents and onto the next property.

Idk about legal but I wouldn’t move forward with them, the amount of companies that claim they sent the owner owner held security deposits that don’t is also ridiculous 

Market is always moving, they can't sell you something that isn't available. 2018 Pricing won't touch 2013 pricing anywhere.

You're making a smart move by transitioning into real estate investing.