However, if it's truly one of those communities that has very high crime and difficult to attract any descent tenants, it can lead to disaster.

Note that if you are married filing joint, only the spouse who is qualifying for REPS is able to count their hours.Step 4: Apply the quantitative testsPer Section 469(c)(7)(B), in order to qualify for REPS, you must meet both of the tests below:750-Hour Test: If you materially participate in a real property trade or business, you must spend 750+ hours during the tax year.More Than Half Test: You must spend more than half of your personal service hours in the real property trade or business in which you materially participate.Step 5: Material participation in rental activities Just because you qualify for real estate professional status does not mean that your rental activities are automatically considered non-passive.

This cuts down on showings and may lead to longer vacancies - which costs an investor money.

I'm talking $100 to now $450 per lead in my area.

I have a lead on multi-family deal that should cash flow at least 1k/month, probably more.

For instance, if the neighboring unit has a shut-in chain-smoker, or the house has railroad tracks behind it, it is definitely better to let a lead know and lose them than to not disclose, upset them and lose them (after they leave a nasty review).I'd agree with Jonathan that even late complaints need to be taken seriously, and barring some obvious malfeasance, I would just take the word of the resident and fix the issue.

For anyone that has used Lead Sherpa, are there additional costs for things like this?

You can pair an app like DealMachine with driving for dollars and get skiptraced leads.

It is the first crypto-currency to market and has name recognition but also has some downsides that may lead to its demise. 

One lender I spoke to said they can do DSCR on it 7-8% no prepayment and up to 90% ltv which sounds great because then I don’t really need to refi right away because not puting the 20% into it I’m find puting 10% if it can cash flow a little and on to the next so they are in the lead for now.