Next I intend to cross check the calculations (esp. taxes) and simplify the layout.

Get a job that pays you a pile of money and invest that money, live well below your means, think long term, and delay gratification.

For criminal background checks, services like TransUnion SmartMove, RentPrep, or MyRental are commonly used and provide comprehensive reports that include criminal history, credit checks, and eviction history.To verify how much they make, you can request recent pay stubs, bank statements, or tax returns if the tenant is self-employed.

Consider talking to lenders about what that refi process can look like/what will be needed as well for when you are planning to pay the HELOC back.

This is without paying discount points or buying down the rate. 

It reasonably allows us to forecast the combination of traditional W2 earnings + a growing real estate portfolio and model out corresponding tax considerations. 

Within a few years you could have eight apartments paying for themselves.

Hey all, Im looking to do a title check and instead of paying a company a few hundred; I was wondering if anyone has a good experience with websites like "beenverified.com" or other methods to check for liens/title issues? 

I agree with Nathan above that is likely does not need to be done, but as a guest I am usually asking and/or paying extra to have it clean when I arrive.

Obviously you'll need to make sure you get a job/W2 income for at least 2 weeks to a month to get a loan to buy but luckily that's way easier than if you're having to work with 1099's starting out because most lenders require at least 2 years of tax returns at that point to get a loan.