Hey everyone, I’m a landlord myself with 18 units, across 10 properties —and for years, tax season was a source of dread.

All of the official documents I've found so far point to the national FHA requirements as their source.

it may be jurisdictional specific, but it would certainly limit the sources for providing credit reports.  

-> Regarding the short / long term rentals:- short term: tourism is one of the main sources of income of the country and therefore has lots of potential.

There are plenty of resources online including anderson youtube channel, few other sources are :https://wcginc.com/kb/ and https://wcginc.com/fee-structu... -- They have fixed fee structure to compare with anderson advisors without any blatant selling tactics https://www.kbkg.com/" class="redactor-autoparser-object">https://www.kbkg.com/https://go.empiretaxusa.com/61...If you attend any tax-wise or other 3 day events with anderson which costs $197 + travel expenses you will get enough knowledge on how they operate and you should be able to understand what LLC structure is beneficial, also they have a large collection of online videos with plentiful of information on youtube and tax tuesday webinars.

Unfortunately, while all the online places area great sources of information, you are much less likely to take action, or find someone to shadow, when online in a forum. 

Given the expected appreciation, what is your expected total return if you hold it over the next 5 years.Can you cover the large negative cash flow, turnover costs and maintenance from other sources?

Below is 5-year job growth, sourced from the Bureau of Labor Statistics:Next is 5-year median price growth, sourced from Zillow:And here is 5-year median rent growth, also sourced from Zillow:Detroit's job growth is still far below the national average. 

The only source for the information and services you need is a local investment team.Can you buy a good property without physically seeing it?

Hi Lenny,Probably I would wait until you have a steady income source to make it easier to get a mortgage.