Focus on networking, studying the market, and analyzing deals often to find the best opportunities.

IE I suggest folks study now to filter / buy top leads for your deal type. 

I studied abroud in Barcelona a couple of years ago - that place is beautiful!

Hey guys , I am studying strategies on creative financing and how I can raise the capital for a down payment on my first rental property.

But then again, I am not a lender so I don't know nor have I studied that idea to know for sure.  

Quote from @Joshua Wei: Can anyone recommend a company in or around Birmingham, Alabama that performs cost segregation studies for single-family homes?

Imagine you bought a property for $2M.The land (excluding any structures) is valued at $400K.Since land is not depreciable in the eyes of the IRS, we subtract the land value from your purchase price to get your depreciable basis.Your depreciable basis is simply where a cost seg engineer starts from when allocating your eligible assets into either 5, 7, or 15 year property.In the scenario above, your starting basis would be $1.6M since your basis = your purchase price - the land value.Having an accurate land value is essential to getting your depreciation/bonus depreciation calculations right.This is the starting point for any cost seg study that you do.

Studies show that over 50 percent of travelers are bringing pets. 

They presented a juicy case study to illustrate the benefit of depreciation recapture shifting from cost-segregated personal property to real property.

However, you can choose to do a Cost Segregation Study and instead of depreciating the property as a whole you depreciate each piece of the property some of which have a shorter lifespan and that allows you LARGER deductions sooner!