Any advice on how to source those types of professionals?

Establishing connections with motivated sellers, reliable buyers, and industry professionals is crucial for success in this field.

These are professionals with additional training and a stricter code of ethics.

And while my professional growth is important to me, I also balance the demands of a busy family life with my wife and four young kids.Looking forward to more insightful discussions like this. 

So there are a handful of holes and instead of them fixing them, you want a professional... second thought, you'll do it for $5 a hole. 

Due to the DTI, DSCR loans are welcome.I am also open to any professional meetups or discussing any deals that may help us both.

I'm glad I bought low (my only option at the time) and gradually added value with upgrades Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

What I love most about what I do is building genuine connections with people—whether it’s homeowners, investors, or fellow professionals.

However, after talking to some loan professionals, it seems that there are always origination fees, appraisal fees etc.My question is, what fees should I expect to pay when opening up my first HELOC.  

I can see an explicit exception in CA Tax Code § 17561 that says you can not use the qualifications in Section 469(c)(7) (Real estate professional) to render that income as non-passive, but I see no callout for 1.469-1T and, as such - as a non-CPA - I do not (yet) see a reason why we cannot follow the same rules for CA that we do for our federal taxes; e.g., if the business is not a "rental" business per tax code, we count that income as non-passive and offset other income (W2, etc) similarly.Does anybody else have some guidance (or opinions) on this matter?