Is there any real estate meetups or mentorship type stuff in the area of Staten Island New York?

More of the same!

This is how the rental income is reported on their personal tax return."

Take the time, energy and resources you are allocating towards this and refocus it on the underlying real estate.

Making vision come to life.

I want to buy him out because the property has a 3% mortgage rate, has gained 100k in equity the last 4 years and cash flows 1k a month.

I've been wanting to do this for a while, but haven't had the courage to pull the trigger to start doing it.

I noticed a lot of posts in the facebook groups I am part of both on BiggerPockets and other real estate investing groups in the last few weeks.

Here is an excellent article on housing market expectations on appreciation from one of the world's top investment banking firms Goldman Sachs: What are some of the big differences you’re seeing among US regions?"

I’ve tried to look up municipal codes online in regards to rent by the room and limits on unrelated people living in the same home and have had no luck.