Probably worth mentioning, TurboTax can facility real-time assisting from tax professionals if needed, obviously this will be at extra cost.Hope this helps! 

we are in great school district w low crime and highly desirable mid century aesthetic. 

It's easy to obtain, costs very little, and doesn't require extra, on-going effort to maintain.

They literally had me come up with $5000 extra 3 days before close and said the VP of finance simply made a mistake.Now I'm getting a $3500 sidewalk assessment. 

Is it going to be worth it to save $500 on the drain when it costs you and extra week of lost rent?

But don't worry, in 15-20 years salary appreciation at a modest rate of 2-3% will give you an extra grand give or take while you get to look at all that property appreciation taking place as more $80K salaried workers like yourself who are told to "buy now" driving up prices from $600K to $700K to $800K, maybe even a million! 

Work to save a lot of cash (Which I just reduced my 401K savings rate to only cover my employer’s full match so that’ll be a couple hundred extra each month and I’m about to fully pay off my car in six months and that’ll be an extra $500/mo.

Given that you want to be passive on-market deal finder is probably where you want to look since off-market deals are mostly foreclosures that likely have lots of work needed and extra due diligence. 

A quick google search says they may or may not but would have to provide extra paper to find out.

In Astoria, these units can bring in an extra $2,000-2,500/month.For more information on the spreadsheet that we used, follow Jon!