The person worked for H&R Block, now works for TurboTax Live and is being honest about their skills: NOT QUALIFIED.

Hi Adam,The seller pays the seller commissions and (usually) covers the buyers commissions as well so you shouldn't worry about those fees.The 10% vs 20% I feel like is a personal opinion.

I don't know if they still do it but if memory serves a few years ago TD Bank would do a HELOC on a rental in second position but only if it was titled in someone's personal name. 

He doesn't personally provide the coaching but it's done by his partners (Thomas Lorini in my case). 

If you wanted to fund a portion of the down payment would you suggest a hard money lender, personal loan, etc.?

Personally I think there are good loans out there but people look for the "perfect" loan that fits their buy box and meets a desired return - which the return is going to be based on risk.So for many you cannot have your cake and eat it too. thoughts?

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Awesome to see a new investor-minded person here.. do you have a favorite real estate success story already?

By themselves, improvements to property you own are considered to by personal property and not real property. 

Unfortunately, this problem waste a lot of my time that could be spent on other investments.I have used the same tax professional for many years and he is very educated, but also much older than me and it's hard for me to understand all the reasons he has expressed why is better to put the rental on my personal tax returns.