I think they could target your intentions, that the whole time your plan was for this to be an LTR, but you just utilized this strategy in the first year to get more tax savings.

Find people who own industrial storage, truck parking, or traditional self storage.

We have relationships with local vendors who we consistently use and are professionals within their industry.

This will further dissuade tenants from using the common areas, which can reduce your liability and risk of fire, etc..If it's a small multi, I would put all the common area utilities on one unit's account and sign a utilities addendum with the tenant and give them a rent credit each month. 

There is no utilities but she wants a $5000 non refundable earnest money and a 3 day option.

I’ve always been interested in the industry, but I’m finally taking the first steps to learn about it seriously.My goal is to build up my knowledge and skills with the hope of eventually turning real estate into a full-time career.I’d really appreciate any tips, resources, or advice from those of you who’ve been doing this for a while — especially on how you got started, what to avoid, and what helped you most early on.Looking forward to learning from you all and hopefully contributing as I grow! 

Investment Info:

Industrial commercial investment investment.

Purchase price: $150,000

Cash invested: $150,000

Sale price: $300,000

did a lot of things I normally never would because of potential...

See the chart from Fair Isaac Company (FICO) below: FICO Score Pct of Population Default Probability 800 or more 13.00% 1.00% 750-799 27.00% 1.00% 700-749 18.00% 4.40% 650-699 15.00% 8.90% 600-649 12.00% 15.80% 550-599 8.00% 22.50% 500-549 5.00% 28.40% Less than 499 2.00% 41.00% Source: Fair Isaac CompanyAccording to this chart, investors should use corresponding vacancy + tenant-nonperformance factors of approximately 5% for Class A rentals, 10% for Class B and 20% for Class C.To address Class C payment challenges, many industry "experts" are now selling programs to newbie investors about how Section 8 tenants are the cure.

Not sure what software but ideally would like to use a total of 2-3 softwares so im not all over the place.I feel like im at least slightly knowledgeable with this, but I'm just lost on how to go about it all and get started with the proper steps and software.I would really appreciate it if anyone who's currently successful in the industry could give me some pointers on:the most efficient software to usethe proper order to go about all this, if there even is a proper order?

Noise and fireproofing upgrades, plus utility separation, could be expensive and time consuming.That said, if the cash flow works today with the current setup and you’re patient with the long-term upside, it could still be a solid move.