Quote from @Kelsey Vander Meulen: RentRedi includes the ability for tenants to submit a maintenance request.

Ignore that I sell SEO services, on BP I am offering everything I can for free.

Now:You can spend thousands of dollars on SEO and PPC and still make no deals. 

Personally I have never been a fan of pre-tax accounts (401Ks and IRAs) because I feel like they constrain my ability to invest in the assets I want, so another consideration you may have is to temporarily stop those investments to save faster for your house.

The reality is that the tax impact and ability to take ANY losses (as Michael mentioned) is based on a number of factors that include whether or not it is a "separate dwelling unit".

Despite them performing inline with rent projections and occupancy, their flaw was in a short-term rate cap without any ability to refinance.

So...am I shooting myself in the foot if I buy an investment property now (out of state) to begin my real estate career, and lose out on the ability to use an FHA in LA down the road?

You could have sent him to collections and this would destroy his credit, which could impact his ability to purchase a home, qualify for a car loan, and possibly even cost him his job.

Their ability to help you is limited if you go after. 

Consider the ones that paid $20k - $40k on their credit cards for the full mentorships, spent thousands more on data sites, thousands more still on direct mail, email blasts, then even more on SEO and SEM.