Just bought a property in cabarrus county and turned out the crawl space doesn’t just need a vapor barrier it needs to be incapsulated, with trenches a sump pump and an industrial dehumidifier.

At first, you won't be able to offset your W2 income with losses, but it is nice when you sell a property at a profit and all the capital gains are wiped out by losses from other properties.A huge amount of tax savings get unlocked if one of you leaves your W2 job to focus on real estate and you get Real Estate Professional Status (REPS). 

Quote from @Xuming Yu:I would reach out to Goosehead and their should be a broker in your area..

Whats the other side being rented out at? 

From what I'm reading the medicare lien will be wiped out after the foreclosure, so I'm wondering if medicare will negotiate with us. 

I know there are some PMS lite solutions out there made for low unit count portfolios but honestly I used ical and excel until about 15 units. 

Of course, with all things, the answers to all these matters will depend on the circumstances.California tends to have more laws on the books and requirements and restrictions that it can be a good idea to form a CA LLC for out of state property so that you as a CA resident are covered, and to try to have your contracts fall under the purview of CA courts.

Not all attorneys are equal, so ask them questions to find out how often they do this, their methods, their success rate, etc.

But then I was tapped out on access to funds, so I switched to creative means, obtaining the next 3 properties via lease-options.

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