I am taking a salesperson license exam this year to get into the industry and use these commissions toward closing costs.

Most DSCR programs will want you to have owned the property for more than 6 months to allow you to use appraised value instead of cost.

Insurance is still an annual dog fight via my broker.Read your policy very carefully, consider replacement costs will probably be higher than estimatesResiliency is a requirement here.As far as sell or not....it'll depend on your determination to be here.This ain't the burbs of the bay area.Prepping for heavy rain right now.

That's three months of mortgage and utilities, the cost of flooring, and the cost of painting.

Some may have very small thresholds for repair holdbacks on purchases but this is typically limited to make ready items not to exceed $2,500 in costs to cure.

New deliveries are hard to get out of the ground because rents aren't high enough to support the projects at today's costs and interest rates. 

Pro tip - Home Depot has a tile from Ivy Hill that looks exactly like Zellige for a fraction of the cost.

@Jacob HavlovickBigger Pockets is a great place to find a real estate tax accountant.A good real estate accountant can save you thousands of dollars by leveraging entity selection and formation, tax deductions, cost segregations, bonus depreciation and tax planning.I recommend finding an accountant who specializes in real estate taxation, business taxation, financial planning and tax planning.You may want to consider working with your accountant remotely to expand your options.I would also recommend looking for a accountant willing to work with you throughout the year.

Many months of costly vacancy, local market rent & resale deteriation, special assessments, property taxes and maintanance fees suggest a quick sale would have been the wise thing to do 2 years ago.

I am estimating the note would cost 2.5k per month at most.