If it's just a money grab and there is no desire to associate with the aforementioned, you will most likely be on the losing end and feel very negative about the program.

Begin by educating yourself through books like The House Hacking Strategy and podcasts like BiggerPockets, and join online communities for support.

A link to FilePlace is at the bottom of every page, making it easy to find.If you have technical issues, email support@biggerpockets.com, and someone will help you.

Some markets can support that expense and others can't. 

Assuming your cash flow is there, you could probably support refinancing the portfolio between 60% to 70%.

I'm under contract for a nice double and was hoping to use part of the money for my portion of the down payment.

That's why it's important to be confident in your team so you feel like everyone is working together towards a common goal (good investment for you, agent gets paid for their support). 

An additional benefit of a detailed engineering-based Cost Segregation Study is that it can increase potential insurance premium savings as well as provide support for the property tax appeals process.

If you wait for the problem to occur and then try to educate yourself, you will exacerbate the problem and lose more money.2.

I sometimes think about investing there given my affinity with the location...but realistically it just makes more sense to put my money in rentals in Indianapolis where I invest currently and the returns are still solid.