Unrelated to HOA but if homes won't pass the safety engineered designation, who demo's house and haul off and when does HOA or city make owner to remove?

An additional benefit of a detailed engineering-based Cost Segregation Study is that it can increase potential insurance premium savings as well as provide support for the property tax appeals process.

Hello @Felicia West,The BP calculator or any algorithmic calculators for that matter aren't going to provide that kind of accuracy that you could hope for, however, if this tool is married with raw data from PMs that are actually managing rental properties in the market that you are investing in, then it could be very useful in making projections, but it's not end all be all.

I moved to Mobile about a year and a half ago from New Orleans to follow work (I work at Austal as an engineer) and just recently got bit by the real estate investment bug.

Starting smaller is fine, but the unit has to be spa like or you will likely fall victim to pricing wars or get lost in the booking sites algorithms. 

I'm a 33-year-old software engineer residing in the New York long island area.

I'll give you the short answer.If you invest $175,000 to purchase a $750,000 house and you'll earn appreciation on the full $750,000 and not just the $175,000 you put in.Do a search for "real estate vs stock market calculator" on your favorite search engine and you'll find examples like this: https://businesscaseguy.com/should-i-invest-in-real-estate-o...

While you will need an engineering company to complete the Studies, you will need a tax preparer to file Form 3115 to do the catch up, as suggested above.

This is my slow part of the year, and I do all the things to move the algorithm…fiddle with order of photos, change seasonality in my photos, tick as many boxes as I can, fiddle with pricing.  

Have very good partners and find the best Architects and Engineers.