Assuming you don’t meet the 500 hour test, you will likely need to document the time of others spent working on your property.In addition, you need to have guests at your property as well.Until you are 100% sure you can utilize the short term rental loophole, I’d wait to do the cost segregation study.

In addition to the Chula Vista bay front redevelopment, South Bay also has the Brown Field expansion.  

I was able to get the HOA to approve the addition of another small dock right behind my house with a 23 x 8 foot slip 2 years ago.

In addition, you can listen to the Straight Up Chicago Investor for great local knowledge and contacts. 

You have consider that your average first time home buyer, has no clue how to read an LE, does not even know what fees are for what, and needs that additional assistance for them to feel comfortable purchasing their first property.

I am doing some additional homework and will post my findings.

I'm working on closing a 28 unit mixed use property in WA State using seller financing once we get the additional capital required by the seller.

I've heard of folks using the equity in their rental properties to purchase additional properties and I'm trying to learn if this would make sense for me.

In addition to the solid list from Joshua, Typically LLC costs.

Additional Context:- I'm usually a DIY everything guy because I grew up doing construction and farm work.