There was a ton of apartment complexes built in this area over the last few years, and I attribute of the rental lag to that. 

I’ve now been a part of the Featured Agent Program as an agent in both Nashville, TN and just outside of Los Angeles, CA, and can attribute over $15 million in sales volume from the leads in just over 18 months.

I assume it is just creating a business bank account, but does anyone have any recommendations or insight into other attributes that may be important or banks that provide favorable accounts? 

I’ve now been a part of the Featured Agent Program as an agent in both Nashville, TN and just outside of Los Angeles, CA, and can attribute over $15 million in sales volume from the leads in just over 18 months.

I’ve now been a part of the Featured Agent Program as an agent in both Nashville, TN and just outside of Los Angeles, CA, and can attribute over $15 million in sales volume from the leads in just over 18 months.

Like David Greene recently detailed on his YT channel, different properties have different attributes: some are primarily for cash flow purposes, while others are primarily for appreciation. 

If debt-financed real estate is acquired via an IRA, any income attributable to such investment will generally be subject to unrelated debt finance income tax.5.

In addition, if you are self-employed with no full-time employees you may wish to consider opening a Solo 401k instead of a self-directed IRA as it has several advantages over an IRA LLC such as much higher contribution limits, direct checkbook control (i.e. no need to have the account at a speciality trust company), ability to take a 401k loan, exclusion from unrelated debt finance income tax with respect to investment in real estate acquired with non-recourse financing, etc.In addition, please note if you purchase debt-financed real estate with your IRA, unrelated debt finance income tax should apply to the income attributable to debt-financed real estate held by yourIRA.

The biggest utility cost is attributable to the HVAC system that supports the home.

I look for the following:In one of my 4 target zip codes (I like to stay local within 5 miles of where I live)Good neighborhood -- I want to be able to be there at 11pm by myself and feel okayHouse needs to have good attributes -- no really funky layouts, I like houses with garages, no fireplacesI prefer houses built in the 50s or newerI want to buy for as little as possible, so I'm okay with a bunch of rehab if it means that I can get the property cheap -- anything I replace means its new so it will take longer to breakNo foundation issues