Watching the housing market you want to buy in and knowing the areas you want to buy and having the data to give you confidence to make a quick offer will get you a solid deal.

Here's a https://www.irs.gov/businesses/cost-segregation-audit-technique-guide-chapter-4-principal-elements-of-a-quality-cost-segregation-study-and-report to the IRS website noting specific items that are included in the cost segregation study report.

Hopefully, this brings Detroit more positive attention!

Quote from @Sherief Elbassuoni: Whenever I have cash, I put it as a downpayment for a new rental.Even if you got 4-5%, this is less than inflation, so your money is loosing valueMonth over month inflation is more current information than year over year...and it has been near zero in total for the past nine months and negative for 5 of those 9 months. 

I found this one on realtor.com by doing a search that only showed me properties with asking prices no higher than $150k

I used my house hacking here in Los Angeles and utilized the equity to buy out of state.

I was considering having a lawyer draw up a baseline loan doc and make tweaks to it on a per loan basis.

Made sure to identify it would be used as a STR so that we had the right coverage.

I'm looking to transfer both my Traditional and Roth IRAs into SDIRAs and want to get a clear picture of the good, the bad, and the ugly.

I've got about 7k in an emergency savings account.I am in the process of getting several mortgage pre-approvals to compare fees and get an idea of how much home I can realistically afford.I have yet to find a buyer's agent/investor to help me identify potential homes but will start on that shortly.Ideally, I would like to buy a single family home.