I told her if she runs out of oil and it stays below freezing I will have to come over and drain down the water pipes and winterize the house to prevent damage . 

I'm still working toward closing my first deal and have had some success generating leads via Driving for Dollars, and software such as DealMachine, but as a one-man operation with a full-time job in Boston, cold calling myself isn't viable.Definitely interested in your thoughts on the benefits of building an operation with a "systems first" mentality—helping the owner (me) focus on talking to those interested sellers, building those impactful relationships, and locking up contracts—versus the traditional "grind it all out, then implement a system" approach.Thanks,Abe

Avoiding capital gains by moving into a property.Section 121 of the tax law which controls tax exclusion for sales of homestead was specifically written to prevent this strategy.

Thank you all for your advice. defiantly planing to implement ands  take my time learning the area. 

If you’re still evaluating whether your current setup is the right long-term fit, I’d be happy to share how we typically approach delinquency prevention, owner reporting cadence, and oversight of maintenance when the manager is also acting as GC.Either way, I hope the building is trending in a better direction now — you’ve clearly done a lot of the hard work already.

This is why I suggested you simply implement it in to your offer. 

For those willing to learn and implement the right strategy actually can do very well.

Even a one-time planning review now can help prevent small setup and reporting mistakes from compounding as you continue to acquire properties.Happy to connect down the road if helpful.

It creates transparency, avoids markup surprises, and prevents situations where large upfront deposits disappear before work is completed.I also avoid paying larg lump-sum deposits upfront.

You prevent your AGI from going up but you cannot push it down, unless it's under $150k.