Due to the heightened scrutiny that is to be expected, real estate investors that receive a cost segregation study should ensure that it is performed by a licensed engineer at an experienced firm that provides thorough documentation, detailed reports and is willing and able to provide a high level of audit defense if needed.When shopping around for a cost segregation company, ensure that they utilize both an itemized cost estimate approach as well as a detailed engineering approach that is based on actual cost records.

To provide stability in an unstable environment is a benefit for the community as a whole and definately benefits real estate investors through rent payments, increased demand which heightens rental rates and property values and more jobs in older neighborhoods which benefit from the monetary influx into the community.

If reasonably sophisticated, they should comprehend what you are trying to do but will also likely be aware of the heightened risk involved. 

I think the holiday cash crunch as well as our heightened down payment played major parts in the responses being down.

You now have a heightened sense of what you have an inspector (specifically) look for the next time you buy a property. 

Owning cheap, fixed-rate debt with positive operating leverage product is about the best heightened inflation hedge there is and that is a huge part of why I love real estate right now.

This is true even if your agreements are solid and tight.If interest rates rise 5% or so with heightened inflation I also say the likelihood of notes getting called goes up orders of magnitude.

I think pulling off a BRRRR in the sense where you refi out 100% of your capital is difficult regardless when you're new, and is heightened in really competitive markets with home prices say in the 400+ range instead of a midwest home at 60k.

To heighten your chances of being approved, I would go the LLC route and potentially partner with someone you trust in that area.

Josh is just trying to bring you into the fold before you know what's happening.Lol, sorry just kidding.I was reading Trump's The Art of the Deal today and he was talking about how every truly successful person he's met has a heightened obsessive nature about their business.