Interest rates, insurance hikes, rise in real estate taxes, eviction delays, rising expenses and delinquency are just a few problems investors are encountering.

Forced Apperception (BRRRR or buying at a discount) allows me to build in equity from the beginning of the investment in case I need to fire sale the property for an unforeseeable reason.Debt-Paydown and Tax-Benefits are just a result of owning real estate and can be more-or-less predicted over a time period.

Only interested in STR due to tax benefits unfortunately. 

Fortunately, you can get creative to increase the income.

It is a block-by-block city for sure where the income disparity can be huge within just two blocks.We have investors with about 40-50 deals, many of them BRRRRs in the Philly area, since the pandemic.

then offset your mortgage with the rental income from your tenants?

A professional company costs more but they will do a better job of protecting your property, income, time, and sanity.Here's my generic guide for finding a PM.Start by going to www.narpm.org to search their directory of managers.

You get some negligibly protections in an LLC too, and possibly tax.

Are there any tax implications or mortgage barriers to building a home under the "second home" plan and then converting it to an investment property shortly after its finished?

Is it worth going through when the average yearly rate of s&p is about 10%, which is pure passive income?