However, to be fair, we also heard good things about PIN5 before we investigated it.

Did you investigate market rents for comps? 

It would be advisable for the potential purchaser to thoroughly investigate every aspect of the property prior to purchase, including, but not limited to, the location of the property, type of buildings, if any, on the property, determining what, if any, liens or encumbrances exist on the property, and any other facts which may be pertinent to the contemplated purchase.

@Helen De la rosa before setting up a self directed IRA or Roth IRA , investigate if you can open a Solo401k.

If you discover the bill is higher than average, then you can investigate what's making it so high.

This is a great place to learn and further investigate investing in real estate.

And the Real Estate Commission would have to investigate any written complaint.

I do not think that this is a requirement, based on the language of 469(h)(5) Section 469(h)(5) doesn't mention this specifically, but ....IRS Pub 925 clarifies this, Spouse's participation.

What questions or areas of the lender:client relationship should a REI investigate when shopping for lenders to uncover the value that lender offers as compared to others? 

I'm finding when I look at a given property, I get inaccurate comps in two ways: 1st, a property will show up in the list as a comp to my subject property but have a REALLY low sale value; upon investigation I find that the property acutally hasn't sold in 10+ years but PropStream thought it was comp; 2nd, a property will show up as "Sold" in the MLS status, but all ownership and transaction history tab don't reflect the new data.