I agree with Sid, I screen hard.

If they are separate, permits would have been pulled and the city will have records of those permits.  

Leverage will be based on whether the land is entitled and borrower track record but 50-60% is the norm, not 80%.

There are numbers and then there is outside the numbers, but it helps to get them all down on a screen.

It's always case-by-case.GROUP 1: Not tax strategies at all, but for some reason often promoted as suchOrganize your records.

They focused on renovations that appeal universally.. think updated kitchens and bathrooms - and kept meticulous records of their expenses.

Has this property been working for a while with a track record of income performance?

Instead it looks like a sales pitch that is targeted to unsophisticated investors who are new to the space.If that's actually the situation here than these deals generally have multiple things I can't stomach and is an immediate red flag for me.2) AAA Storage growth: At one point I was interested in this sponsor because of the claimed full real estate cycle track record with little to no money lost.

The records of the closed title company MIGHT show how they handled the issue, but more likely they missed this issue otherwise as part of their solution a mortgage satisfaction document would have been recorded at that time. 4.

I work a lot, probably more than the average W2, but we also travel a lot, at least 6 trips every year.So that's what's driving me, numbers on a screen are nice, but they are not fulfilling on a personal level.