I'll add on to what the other Ben said and mention that there are exceptions based on the # of days that you rent out your home to where the income/expenses are excludable (being lesser of 14 days or 10% of total usage if under 140 personal use days).

keep going after it. run lots of numbers and do a lot of underwriting. feel free to reach out at any time if you need help in your market. these properties that are 3 units are rented and then a cash out refinance that not only makes money but returns full capital to the investor on DSCR loans similar to the interest rate you mentioned above. 

Santarelli, in two YouTube videos explains the promissory notes investment opportunity (Link), and mentions some of his other ventures including, “cannabis and crypto investing” and producing/co-producing six new Broadway musicals.

There is a certain entitlement mentality and a long-term frustration mindset where they often times will mention repairs previous owners "promised" to make, etc. 

although Dutch is CEO, it is frequently mentioned by him and Amy Vaughn about co-owners and business partnership. 

This often leads to confusion because the term "trade or business" is mentioned, leading some to mistakenly believe that the entire business can be exchanged.

With that being said I'll obviously be focusing on out of state.I know Ohio is mentioned a lot around here, specifically Columbus, and I'm an Ohio State alum, so that would be pretty cool to secure my first property in Ohio.

Old lists which are on the mentioned platforms practically guarantees saturation and others already having reached out and made offers/solutions because all your competitors are getting the same leads and at the same time.

As you mentioned, the IRS requires distributions (RMDs) so they can get their money in a timely manner.

There is a ton of info on this site, as well as a meet up that others have mentioned.