Before a walkthrough and before signing a contract is it appropriate to ask the seller of a small multi family for:1.Rent Roll2.Property Tax Bills3.Utility Bills (last 12 months) (landlord pays all utilities)4.Income & Expense Statements (summary)5.Lease Agreements (Sample or Overview)6.Recent Maintenance Records (summary)7.Capital Improvements Summary

You can also check meetup.com or search Facebook for real estate investment groups, clubs, or meetings in your area.

You can also write it off as a business expense and there could be additional tax benefits for energy efficient home improvements.  

This cost is typically 0.5% to 1% of the loan amount.Title search and title insurance: The lender carries out checks to ensure no issues with the property’s title, like a tax lien.

Here's a link to their rural search tool - https://www.consumerfinance.go....As long as you have reasonably close comps and the CFPB says it's not rural you have a good chance of getting an appraiser to avoid checking the box for rural to appease DSCR lenders. 

Learned of these from quick search results. 

I help spend less time searching for deals and more time finalizing deals. 

Start with one, see what it really costs you and what you could improve on.

There was always another book to read or seminar to attend in my search for the secret sauce.

Do a search to find out all of the reasons.Basically, in order to run a project on time and on budget, and to give you a quality finished product, a General Contractor needs to have full control over every aspect of the project.