I have a buddy who does this for a living on raw land, and he pays for the software and gives us all the data for free.  

I don't know if this can be proven or not, but if the appraisal business is slow, an appraiser might choose to be more strict when checking out houses during FHA appraisals because for the deal to close all the issues cited need to be fixed and they pay the appraiser to go back and reinspect.

We started late in life but it's pretty amazing to look back and see what we have created in a short period. 1st stream of income Retirement pay !

The increasing barrier to entry results in fewer new STR's coming available for sale, but also fewer options for guests to rent. 

Congrats on diving into real estate investing after four years of BiggerPockets soaking—that’s some serious prep work paying off!

Not too bad when the inventory is low, the number of sales is low (like a 30 year low), interest rates are high and prices are high. 

I don't really want to go looking for the financing to pay him his balloon payment.

Many groups buy cash flow negative deals and overraise to pay distributions right away. 

I have excellent credit and good paying job approval will not be a problem. 

Tax shelter schemes, partnerships with foreign partners and accounts, partnerships with hundreds of members, returns with blatant mistakes, entities in questionable businesses, like gambling, drugs, online video sales, escort services.