In other words, find an investment property that makes sense to you and pull the trigger. 

If not I will try to refinance and then either pull the trigger on furnishing the home for STR (cleaners and handymen were hired/ interviewed on the trip out,) and still have the boots on the ground in case of emergency.. or just long term rental and refinance, repeat…Not a perfect deal, but I learned a ton!

I've always wanted to do this and joined the forum briefly ~2 years ago but never pulled the trigger (really wish I had back then!).

Immeadiate gratification is my trigger word like Columbus is for that cartel.These answers come on BP simply cause of that.

The pictures look nice, and a drive-by didn't trigger any immediate red flags, but I am budgeting for the worst just to be safe.   2) How would I go about making sure the title is clean?

Did you pull the trigger on something? 

To answer your question there is no magic number that will trigger an audit.

@Zachary Barton I didn't pull the trigger on a STR, but was impressed with Hoasty.co when I did my due diligence.  

I would definitely research that before pulling the trigger on a property. 

 @Shravan Hemchand Prior to pulling the trigger on a Cost Seg study, you should evaluate 2 things:1 - How much net additional deprecation tax deductions a Cost Seg study would provide: Best way to get this is by requesting a free feasibility analysis from a Cost Seg provider.