Very neighborhood specific. 

You need to provide a bit more specifics about the property, about the insights you want, etc.  

The best deals are those where both parties walk away happy and ready to move forward.What specific types of deals or situations are you negotiating?

Honestly, I never fully understood what they meant—until recently.I’ve been diving into some larger-scale real estate projects, specifically in commercial properties and multifamily development.

This sort of thing is market specific.

Specifically, I would encourage you to continue to seek local opportunities for equity growth as well as seeking out-of-state or upstate opportunities for cash-flow (i.e.

Are you looking in a specific city/market?

May I ask why you are specifically looking for smaller deals? 

Knowing what I know now, I will never contribute to Roth; I will only make pre-tax contributions, get maximum tax deductions, invest, and then be selective about which asset I want to convert (such as the one above).  

I also use their virtual credit cards which enables me to assign a card to a specific person, like the cleaner for my STR for example, so when she runs a charge, it automatically drops into the right account in terms of categorizing my expenses.