OR maybe a lot of the rentals in your area were recently renovated, or have a pool, or have amazing views, or a million other things that the property you're targeting doesn't have in which case you have to skew your estimates up or down...There's a million ifs in the data, whether you inspect individual properties or aggregate views of your area.

To add to the other comments: From what I understand, an agent cannot give you a blank contract because CAR forms are specific to licensed individuals and are a result of a paid membership required to gain access to the forms.

Having an individual invest directly into a family member's dealing using a retirement account may be considered a prohibited transaction.Furthermore, he would need a self-directed account.

I teach full time & flip on the side.

@Derek DiamondThank you Dereck,I have a good realtor/pmngt/and also investor on my side always teaching and helping me along the way.I guess what i was trying to ask was for any good advice on how to start on the multifamily route?

For those new to investing in the Denver area, @Chris Lopez also hosts and co-hosts many classes and webinars in order to help an individual find the right investment strategy for the right person.

I was introduced to this site with the intentions of meeting some great individuals who can pass along their knowledge and experience to help a new investor like myself, learn how to get started in real estate investing. 

Some individuals say yes as long as you can prove you made prior arrangements, appointments, etc. and other says you can only write-off these expenses after you actually own property in that location.Does it make a difference if you make the travel purchases as part of your personal assets or on behalf of an LLC?

Today is the deadline to file your individual tax return.

Now, in my multifamily business, my team has over 25 years of combined experience, and on the single-family side, I have an amazing business partner that teaches me new things every day.