You still claim the income as miscellaneous income and deduct property taxes and mortgage interest (subject to SALT and other high mortgage limitations) on your Schedule A, but that's it.2. 

Creative financing: Explore seller financing or subject-to deals for your next property, which often require less upfront cash and bypass traditional lending limits.You’re on the right track thinking long-term—house hacking and leveraging your duplex are great moves.

If you continue using it as a rental but reduce STR activity below the material participation threshold, your deductions may become passive and subject to loss limitations.2.

To find value on residential 1-4 unit properties you could ask your realtor to run comps or complete a CMA(Comparative Market Analysis) on a subject property once you find it.or you can find the value on your own.We use prop stream to run comps. 

Wherever you have a subject matter expertise.

However, I will comment on the investment strategy enacted by the subject.

Zillow and OpenDoor attempted to use software to predict the sale price of properties and their results were/are bad because their software was poor and the inherent limitation of software to deal with subjective data.

I REALLY like that he asks deep questions and constantly probes his podcast subjects.

I know little about that subject.

Is is subjective by real estate agents?