If you ask for one too soon, people will just try to sell you on stuff that looks good and isn't.

Quote from @Michael Overall:I understand the utilities will go to basis, on the interest is it able to be yearly deducted based off the conversation you referenced if using form 4952According to one of my colleagues on that thread - yes.According to court - no.

Thanks for the feedback; some quick stats: 9 doors across 4 states, about 50% LTV ratio with a Net Income of about 17% and cash on cash of about 3%.....in fairness those numbers include some overall business expenses not tied directly to one specific property.

One AZ is great - used them many times. 

Are you looking to live in one unit and rent the others? 

Take it one step at a time and use the forum to help you with the steps.

They usually spend one day going through the property checking everything for a couple of hours and move forward.

You could create an operating agreement granting one of you the powers - but it is a fair amount of energy/time/activity for someone to manage and find deals.

I get FinTech is a high-risk activity, but imagine the industry will consolidate to one or a few strong players.

Im currently house hacking a triplex property I bought not too long ago with one inherited tenant who was there when I bought the property.