A bit more detail on your market, price range, and strategy would help, and it would also be helpful to share what kinds of structures you’re considering so people can offer concrete ideas.

Permits/Plans/Structure/Appliances/Design/Furnishing etc.); Appraisal (Jan 2025): $1.057MQuestion: For cost segregation / accelerated depreciation, should depreciation be based on:1) Only the ADU build cost ($120K)or2) Overall property basis, excluding land, using the ADU’s square-footage percentage?

Where financing is structured around realistic timelines and stabilized performance — not optimism.When those pieces work together, investing becomes more predictable.

Incentives & Redundancies Reduce BurnoutAmerican Airlines offered double pay and extra hours to get the crew back in position.In property management terms: build incentive structures for your on-call teams, use rotation systems so the same maintenance technician isn't pulled 24/7, and cross-train staff, so you're not reliant on one person for critical tasks.When you prioritize team sustainability and flexibility, you recover faster and maintain service quality.4.

In those situations, the lender was comfortable since the overall leverage still made sense and the seller note was subordinated.This is structured with the first lien on a 30 year fixed amortization, with the seller note set up as shorter than 30 years.

Because most investors personally guarantee their loans, lenders still attribute the debt to the individual, regardless of the entity structure.

---Final truthYou don’t need more properties.You need margin, structure, and humility.Do that, and time will work for you instead of against you.Ignore it, and even a “good plan” will eventually crack.That’s the difference between owning rentals and being an investor.

The key is building a simple structure so you’re managing a system, not individual emergencies.A few things that usually help:Have one clear intake method for tenants (portal, email, or form) so requests don’t come through texts, calls, and random channels.

The deal was not structured to withstand adverse market conditions. 

Once you hammer out the details on how he gets compensation (which 5 or 10% won't cut it), because of the liability he is signing for) you'll need to get yourself educated on the different deals structures you can use for each of the possible scenarios you will run into.A free resource is Flip with Rick, this website will give you a good starting point to work with.