We will be in Salt Lake City and Boise during the first couple weeks of October to scope out the area and see if it's a place we will want to invest in.

This will allow for nearly a full year of taxes at the previous and presumably lower assessed value.Take these 80% and January 1st guideposts with a grain of salt. 

Also take any sort of estimated rehab with a grain of salt.

My wife and I just purchased a home in Salt Lake City with a basement apt. that has three bedrooms.

I was wondering if there are any contractors in the area (or willing to travel from Salt Lake) that would be willing to walk the property for me to see what it would need as far as the rehab, I would pay of course.

Closed on my 1st property (4bd/2b) end of June 2020. Planning to eventually rent both the upstairs & downstairs as 2 separate 2bd/1b apartments. The house has a detached garage with an attached studio (planning to...

Thank you,Nitit Nitit,Los Angeles investor and househacker here.First off, take advice from out-of-staters with a grain of salt.

Buy in was much lower than Salt Lake or Utah county properties and rents came closer to the 1% rule.

Take my opinion with a grain of salt.

I’ve never been in the situation you describe so take my opinion with a grain of salt, but I would go with a title company.