They typically do a soft pull close to the closing date to ensure there are no new debts or significant changes in your credit profile.

We purchased a property in early October and are placing it in service this week (mid November).We had intended to run a cost segregation study and try to accelerate depreciation which we can deduct against our W2 (assuming material participation).However, we have been reading through the IRS guidelines (eg publication 946 on Property Depreciation) and there seems to be the concept of "short year" which would mean that we can only deduct ~1.5/12 of a year's worth of depreciation in 2024.Is this correct or are there any different rules for STRs specifically?

The best way to get started or increase that flow is to go to real estate investor meetups (@Leka Devatha has an amazing one in Seattle) and also answer questions in the local forums without ever asking or offering help in terms of your business.

I thought the App was out of service and not being updated but clearly something has changed.

Also, if you ever have anyone looking to invest in TX, let me know, I will hook you up on the referral fee! 

As soon I change up, they're gone.

The most I have ever used to buy a property is 10% down. 

Hard lesson learned for me that my family isn't to be trusted ever again and that I need to severe my relationship with them completely because they have harmed me & my child emotionally & financially.  

I think I've only had 2 or 3 people ever ask to see the property in person.

Eichholtz’s initial research showed that real housing prices (corrected for consumer price inflation) gradually changed over time, but were fairly equal in 1973 compared to prices in 1628."