Hi Nail, I might be able to help you since I've been investing in the area for many years now so feel free to send me a direct message.

@Will Gaston is a wealth of information and very prudent/knowledgeable investor, he was just helping me with some lending info yesterday.Don't be a stranger, feel free to reach out. 

However, the more I learn the more I feel like I can't even finish my taxes on my own and question everything I am doing with depreciation and the way I have categorized costs.

Feel free to reach out if you have any questions or need any advice as you get started.

They believe putting it on the MLS will make the most sense to them.Like everyone else, we are always willing to partner with people that want to learn through experience and find more propductive ways to find deals.There is money to be made in real estate in this current economy, if you find deals that have not yet hit the MLS.

If something truly was wrong that you could have prevented or handled a lot better, thank them for leaving a review, apologize, own up to the mistake you made, and explain how it’s fixed so it won’t happen to future guest.

Feel free to dm me.Best of luck!

I'm eager to hear if other investors make it a priority to diversify into other markets (I think my neighborhoods in STL will continue to have demand, but nothing is a given), and if you feel there's more of a return to be had with the same amount of effort by scaling up into commercial properties or apartment complexes.

The tenant says she had someone to break in the front window recently but for reasons unspoken I feel like that may have been someone she knew that couldn’t get in she has a family member staying with her.

How are we here having this discussion like it is the most normal thing in the world to be naming people who made ridiculously irresponsible decisions over the last 5 years as good candidates for OP to ask for mentorship from?