Identify any deferred maintenance or repairs needed2.Review the legal aspects, including zoning, permits, property taxes, insurance, and any existing contracts or leases.

In case anyone was distracted by your lengthy response, I specifically asked for your credentials and how you cover "learning LLC's", "learning asset protection" & "learning tax write offs" just to get an understanding of your training program.

Also don't forget to look into your tax treatment for signage.

More than 500 properties, PM, short sales, tax liens, sheriffs and more,  Good luck Dam maybe I should put together a book and tapes and sell them 

If there is a pending RAFT application the case won't move forward until it processes and/or if the person owes more than $7k that you are willing to let go of the remaining rent or have a payment agreement in place.

I wish I had all my mint data for some end of the year tax reporting, and am not scrambling to find something new.

It’s about a 20-24% ROI roughly since I don’t know about my taxes and such to do this.

--> Automates a lot of your expense tracking --> Much cheaper than most softwares/fancy sheets --> Will probably save you a couple of thousand extra on your taxes if you follow all the recommendations. 

Over the last 6-7 months, I’ve been doing my best to “get smart” on real estate investing, starting off with Rich Dad principles, which led to Rich Dad Advisor (McElroy, Sutton, etc.) audiobooks, which led to BP podcasts and doing YT research on tax benefits…I’m feel ready to take action and start putting everything into practice but still not certain which method is best for my first investment property.

To get top dollar for a renovated property you're going to have to clear the title as it would be very difficult, if not impossible, to find a title company that will write a policy for title insurance on a property coming from a tax sale.