Hi Jonathan, I happen to be one of those uber organized types who creates checklists, templates for almost everything, including estimating repair costs.

@Travis HewlettThe value of ANY of these organizations is the membership themselves.

Was he involved in religious institution, VFW, civic clubs, other organizations?

As Scott Trench would say it, create a year of financial runway to: pursue real estate, start a business, or gain a high income skill that can rocket propel your income and thus savings to invest.

You can either use your gut and negotiation skills to come up with a number, or take the information and go back and do some research. 

I am doing IO for first 5 years...so our cash flow is not reduced substantially and allow me some time to acquire(the purpose of the refi is to diversify our RE equity) an underperforming multi in CA, and despite rent control, be able to increase rents(via organic turnover and annual increases) without being super aggressive, and between the primary asset and the newly acquired asset, have the five years to increase the cash flows on both assets, so that when the loans(will leverage the secondary asset, too) goes to P&I we are not missing any cash flow and probably doing a bit better, despite the increased debt service.As for the lower LTV, I am being conservative and trying not to overextend our leverage.

I want to learn more about the industry and continue to refine my skills.

Since I plan to DIY landlord and my skill set so far are close to non-existent, i know I won’t be able to keep a B class tenant happy.

Confirm that the IRA LLC provider will prepare all of the documents needed to not only form the LLC (articles of organization, SS-4 to obtain an EIN) but also the documents needed by the trust company to process the investment of IRA funds in the LLC.3.

I know that the startup costs would be much higher than a traditional SFR rental as I would have to pay for appliances, all utilities, etc... however, would this be considered a Non-Profit Organization (NPO) that could qualify for government grants?