It proves if the tenant is current on their rent and their history of whether they’ve paid on time or not.

That may prove to be a challenge if you are pursuing a graduate degree.

To prove the point, search for rentals with solar panels… there may be a few that owners moved out of, but there will be millions that don’t have it because it makes no sense investment wise for rentals.All the best! 

So if raising $2.2M proves difficult, how will you go about raising your promised $8M to pay out your investors / partners (less your contribution)?

To qualify for a mortgage you typically need to prove a consistent 2-year work history.

I wrote an article about this a while back you might find helpful: https://www.biggerpockets.com/...It references an old study from the 90s, but I think it's still more or less true and a good starting point for this discussion: In 2003, the National Association of Realtors came out with a study on the characteristics that increase and decrease the price of new housing (assuming all other characteristics, i.e. square footage, remain the same).

Not sure if that’s a good or bad thing if we have to prove to IRS that I indeed took over property years ago.

I’ve been “studying” real estate investing for a few years now.I’m close to making a purchase - as soon as I find a deal that financially “makes sense”, I want to “pull the trigger”.

It works out because we have been studying since October 2021 yet there is still so much to learn and that can be done during this period. 

I have been looking for the past 4 months and studying lot of materials/podcast and I might be one of those who have paralysis with over analysis.