Compliance items such as adding smoke detectors, hand rails, fire resistant garage entry-door and new stairs outside.

This is a great place to learn and to connect with people so take advantage of all the great resources.

I appreciate the encouragement—I'm excited to learn from and connect with investors in this community.Right now, I’m primarily focused on house hacking in the LA market, but I’m open to exploring out-of-state opportunities later in my career.

This is true for bonus depreciation items as well.  

One of the biggest lessons I’ve learned: if the sliding door is broken, call a sliding door specialist.

I’m just taking it one step at a time, learning as I go, and trying to set things up the right way from the start.

But since you are new and learning, don't decide on what it has to be.

You can hear real-world examples of how others have built their investment portfolio and (hopefully) learn to avoid their mistakes.4.

An example was a line item for alimony (I am single and have never been married).

I am looking to invest in Scottsdale, Tempe, Phoenix, or Mesa and want to learn more about analyzing multifamily deals, understanding PHX market trends, and house hacking in general.