As to the “hidden debt”, here the title companies do an additional “city lien search” which is letters to every department that could have an “unrecorded lien”.

There is an awesome event happening at the Gem Saloon next Wednesday. 

Are you taking on challenges and adapting your business by finding hidden opportunities in current difficult circumstances?

Right now Toledo is a little hidden gem for out of state investors.

I even went around to 6 different real estate agencies seeing if they may have any hidden or fresh deals and nobody has anything at all.

Of course, there are always opportunities hidden in every situation.

By advising them to start with a new construction they avoid, hidden surprises and the initial rehab work.

We usually don't assume a cosmetic rehab because more often than not we'll get into a project & find hidden stuff.

You can also do this on your own, but the agent will be able to narrow down many options and if they're really good they'll uncover some gems or off market deals.What I suggest is doing basic deal analysis on each of the properties you visit and you'll improve the "math" skills that you mention you struggle with.

My goal is to have multiple rentals, but I'm not sure if there is some hidden advantage to financing several if I have one paid in full, or go all out and make minimum down payment on as many as possible at once.