The most knowledgable people on market rents are the prospective renters who are currently shopping around trying to find the best option for themselves to live.

To avoid this, it’s best to work with a broker who can shop around and present you with options from multiple lenders without multiple credit pulls.

Land investingI went with these five as the first one takes very little money to get involved and its basically credit card / pawn shop lending. 

I’d love to house hack and start with a duplex or larger, but I’m just finding is hard to shop around in our market.

The typical clients that seek out cost segregation studies include:Real estate companies that buy and sell multiple properties each year.Individuals with a portfolio containing investment properties including apartment buildings, multi-family homes and even single residences.Franchise owners with properties that are similar to one another such as assisted living facilities, storage facilities and golf courses.Business owners of hotels, food facilities, shopping centers, restaurants or manufacturing plants.It depends on the type of property, but generally 15-45% of the building’s costs can be classified into assets with a shorter life.

As someone who deals and talks to real Private Lenders (small shops run by a guy who lends his own capital and doesn't use big box), they have a hard and fast business model that produces the rate of return they need to remain profitable and curb the risk on their cash.So the best product for a budding fix and flip investor is the bridge loan which includes acquisition money and construction money. 

This doesn't just stem in SFR, this stems in fast food chains, logistics chains, trade shops, infrastructure RE, energy trades.

As @Don Konipol pointed out, leverage increases risk, it doesn’t reduce it, so once again, Tardus has no fiduciary responsibility and if one of the investments they “suggest” blows up, it is the individual left holding the bag, so to speak.I am not a finance guru and while I cannot articulate as eloquently what Don was saying, I do understand it…primarily from real life experience. 

I have already shopped insurance, and the sellers are providing $5k towards prepaids/closing costs. 

The very basics would be getting your furniture and shopping list together, keyless entry like Schlage (with backup lockbox with physical key very close as well), looking into insurance, local taxes for STRs, and moreAlot of ways to save time and make it easier to self manage with a property management software like Hospitable and data research like AirDNA.