First, get your financial house in order: check your credit report and score, pay down high-interest debt if you can, save 3–6 months of reserves plus a solid rehab/repair stash (plan for $5–10k per unit minimum), and track your income so lenders see stable W2 earnings; then get pre-approved so you know your real buying power.

@Warren Powers thanks Warren.

It can be a powerful way to offset W-2 income—especially for high earners and the self-employed.

But, suffice it to say, once a 50 year mortgage is the norm, rates will rise and housing prices will rise to fill the extra "buying power".

Letting this one stabilize for a few years while you stack cash seems like a powerful way to build that foundation.You're off to an incredible start.

Once they see you’re documenting dates, photos, and sending formal notices, it almost always flips the power dynamic—they realize you’re serious, and most tenants get it together before you even have to think about eviction.If it were me, here’s what I’d do now:Start fresh from today.

Took us 3 weeks to get power which had downstream effects. 

My AirDNA rep just emailed me it is a known issue and is being worked on and it should be fixed soon.I do not know the exact issue but it had nothing to do with the 15.5% or other general shortfalls with AirDNA.It was not pulling comps readily available in a well established STR neighborhood and going beyond, and grabbing irrelevant comps.AirDNA is a crapshoot if you are using the free version, but the paid version is a powerful took (when working). 

And as long as wages are going up faster than home prices, people regain purchase power little by little every year.

Real estate is not very good at cash flow (it's super power is equity).