The goals to make this easier for the landlord to incentivize them to continue to rent to you so that you can run your business out of their unit. 

The reason people seek for distress properties, so that they can acquire the property at a low price and renovate the house aka "value add" so that they can increase the property's value and create sweat equity, then pulling the money out or cash out we call out so that investors can liquidate their money and reinvest on the next project @Albert Bui @Carlos Valencia

Can someone tell me if I am missing something.

However, this model can be beneficial for folks wanting real estate exposure in a more passive manner.Thoughts?

I'm assuming your daughter isn't on title for the property you're selling. 

You can also check meetup.com or search Facebook for real estate investment groups, clubs, or meetings in your area.You can also contact @Samuel Eddinger He is an investor and property manager in CT.

Your Lender My suggestion to find #2 & #4 would be to go to the top of this page and click on FIND AN AGENT & FIND A LENDER.

Saving, buying, and investing are pretty difficult on a teacher's salary, so I'm hoping to learn from the wealth of knowledge here.

Cost segregation can help boost cash flow, create substantial tax savings, and increase the profitability of the warehouse operation by accelerating depreciation.A cost segregation study is a strategic tax planning tool that separates the assets that have a shorter useful life and can be depreciated over 5, 7 and 15 years from the residential rental property or nonresidential real property that are depreciated over 27.5 and 39 years, respectively.

This is a crucial step in identifying and cracking down on criminal elements.