@Chris Kay it depends what level of renovation you are doing!

There are very few instances when cost seg won't help you on a rental property, but when you deploy the actual cost seg will depend on what you need on your taxes.

Will depend on several factors like the type of property, type of tenants, your risk tolerance, other assets you own, your estate planning, laws where the property is located, etc.

@Geoff Engel depending on what amount of available cash you are starting with and what you ultimately want to achieve will help determine your path.

Generally speaking, these are roughly $1500 / pier give or take depending on the crawl space height.If you need anything - feel free to reach out to me (contact info in bio).

But it just depends on your risk threshold and how much you're looking to spend.  

A lot of this, 3 & 4 especially, is geographic-dependent. 

It may or may not show on a credit report, depends on the servicing and you should have the loan serviced.Failure to include the debt on a future loan application is mortgage fraud, wanna go to jail?

Depends on rhetoric vs reality.

Depending on the volume you would be submitting, find a company that does not have high monthly minimums and can walk you through the process if this is your first time using.