I'm at the Salt Lick in the back right with a red backpack if anyone else is here. 

I am willing to pay the extra to have the pluming main line scoped looking for tree roots ect.  

Are these red flags?

Buy and Hold real estate investing is a lot like the game Monopoly... you start out with the little green houses and eventually move up to the big red hotels.Same goes in real life.

Buyers who don't understand 1031 exchanges can still raise red flags. 

I've looked into a few companies and during due diligence found out that some HMLs aren't licensed but sell loans anyway which my attorney said is a huge red flag.Other than checking that a company is licensed and checking places such as Google and the BBB does anyone have any tips on evaluating trust deed investments?

Austin is super ridiculously sided with a demand that's planting roots here and living, low inventory and post-recession boom so you're going to get low cash flow and the possibility of high appreciation at the moment.

For Sewer Scope I often use Root Excavation or Alpha Environmental and have had good results with each of them. http://www.rootexcavation.net/ https://alphaenvironmental.net/Hope that helps! 

Attempting to BRRRR without any of the R's is a red flag for me in terms of making good decisions.

What are the 2 red flags which you want to see so that you can reject a rental property like a single family home or townhome?