I am sure most real estate investors are not even familiar with what I am talking about, but the economy is a global economy and Multifamily investing is a tiny component too things and how immigration, inflation and other factors are handled will also have significant impacts that we just have no idea. 

I’ll look into them.Has anyone ever heard of any internal goals set by the VA or VRMCO that motivates them to get a house off their books by a certain date?

Ready and motivated to get on it and grow now all over the USA and internationally if possible and convenient.

In this scenario - it's to get the home ready internally. 

Things to consider: daily internal operations, external branding and operations, lending, in addition to inside out *legal protection and outside in** legal protection, privacy/anonymity/identity protection and security...Prevention measures at different levels, preventing the attack from being initiated vs preventing the attack (lawsuit) being successful vs reducing the damage of a successful attack.... there are many elements and I see people pick one and argue about it without looking at the whole

Actively marketing the property and handling tenant relationsCost Segregation: allows you to accelerate depreciation by breaking down the property into different components, such as personal property (appliances, carpeting, etc.) and land improvements (landscaping, parking lots, etc.), which can be depreciated over a shorter period typically 5, 7, or 15 years rather than 27.5.

Do you have any links on how long water softeners are expected to increase the lifespan of various components?

Brandon Turner was a big proponent of "no money down" (which, in his defense, did not ever mean no money at all) and i think the market changes in the last 5 years still have not been internalized. 

I decided to run IRR (Internal Rate of Return) calculations for the SFR (single-family residence) investing in order compare with the IRR targets I see proposed by syndication operators.

That's the key component that is usually missing when I hear other entrepreneurs/investors say they don't like QBO.Something else to keep in mind is your entity structure and how your entities file tax returns.