I have a primarily stay-at-home job with excessive free time. 

(And let the excess basis be depreciated over 27.5 or 39 years, as is typically done on real estate without a cost seg.)About @Sang Ji's question "can you do the cost segregation for the new apartment complex you buy through 1031 exchange". 

Prior comment of getting 15% in these investments - honestly I don’t see it because of the burden of the overhead to deal with small dollar investors.We started our fund At $500 and quickly bumped it up to now it’s $5,000 because of the costs of dealing with these small dollar investors was to excessive.

You also will not be able to see the house and no one should buy sight unseen without a history of doing it.If you are talking about Auction dot com or Xome or Hubzu, those come with a buyer's premium on top of the sale price between 5-10% and often have ghost bidders in the system so you will see it keep getting reset to hit a higher bottom.As a new(er) investor, auctions are where you go to lose money and take on excessive risk.

I follow a checklist in order to get rental properties up a certain standard: - The interior and exterior paint should be free of excessive wear, smudges/dirt and preferably in neutral colors.

Losing approx $5-10K per month during summer seems excessive.

It grows in one location because there's excess moisture allowing the mold to take proliferate.The first step is to figure out the source of moisture.

A conventional loan may come in slightly cheaper, that's true, but the red tape on conventional mortgages is excessive to say the least.No Reporting on Personal Credit: DSCR loans are kept off your personal credit profile, which is perfect for keeping your personal and business credit separate.

They are very transparent about where the money goes and great stewards, of it so we feel comfortable giving knowing they're not using it for frivolous excesses. 

Unfortunately, the perceived excessive costs involved in purchasing real estate can intimidate aspiring residential real estate investors.