Don't get discouraged - you made a common mistake.

Experienced investors can offer practical advice and share their experiences, helping you avoid common pitfalls.Understand Financing Options: Explore different financing options and find out what works best for your situation.

When I evaluate multi families, I assume they are losing money and my job is to determine if we can turn the situation profitable.Higher upkeep: A four-plex means four sets of appliances, HVAC units, water heaters, plumbing fixtures, and more.

This is a fairly common practice among condo associations here, but I'm not sure how standardized the language is or if there would be an angle there.  

You would need HOA approval as this is most likely considered a common element and if you were to damage it and impact other units the lawsuit and damages could be worth more than your unit, especially if done without HOA approval.

The most common tests for property owners include: • 500-Hour Test: You participate in the activity for more than 500 hours during the year. • Substantially All Participation Test: Your participation constitutes substantially all of the participation of all individuals involved in the activity (including non-owners like a cleaning service). • 100-Hour and More Than Anyone Else Test: You participate for more than 100 hours, and no other single individual (owner or non-owner) participates for more hours than you do. • Significant Participation Activity (SPA) Test: The activity is a significant participation activity (more than 100 hours), and your aggregate participation in all SPAs during the year exceeds 500 hours. 

To make it as simple as possible, we're assuming that you are single and have no other jobs, businesses or investments.

I’m hoping to get into real estate investing a couple years after graduating pending job opportunities and funding of course.

It positions us perfectly for the future: energy, data centers, industrial expansion, reshoring, automotive jobs, all of it.

Only addition I have: A very common mistake I see is that flippers focus on repairing things.