You can always consider doing a cost seg study on a property that you buy and that can also help with tax benefits if you cannot qualify for the real estate professional status.

Would be curios if folks have also just included the cost of utilities at this price and left it unpermitted.

That's three months of mortgage and utilities, the cost of flooring, and the cost of painting.

Do you feel like it has enhanced the productivity of your assistants to a magnitude that's worth the cost?

I know that interest on the acquisition loan can be included in the cost basis since it’s inventory.

The savings from either will be many times the cost of the lawyer.  

That's why appraisers do the comparative approach and then secondarily the cost approach.So far, 100% of the time you don't get dollar for dollar back from what I've seen.

Telling sellers everything wrong with their house and justifying your offer with repair costs doesn’t build trust—it kills it.

you may have to save up until you have enough money to do so - down payment, closing costs, reserves, etc.House Hacking: What Is It, How to Start, and Strategies for Successit's a more powerful way to get started. 

Can she pay you that same amount to cover some of the costs?