What are some quick tips or hacks for recognizing a good deal before digging deeper?

What is the process to get the city of Denver to recognize an ADU as a duplex?

Future listings will have a point of reference for you, and it might help you recognize potential deals.

You won't recognize it anymore.

@Nicholas MunfordI started investing because I knew it was a proven way to build wealth BUT things really took off when my son was born.

California does not recognize series LLCs and if you are managing them from CA, chances are you are "doing business" in CA and therefore subject to the $800 minimum tax PER entity. 

All loan officers know this but many play the game of "what the client wants to hear" and give the client fluff (unfounded bad info on what they can do) because they hope by doing so you will call them when you are emotionally ready to apply.The good news is that the credit bureau’s recognize that you may need more than one lender to look at your credit when getting a home loan and they do not penalize you more than once for this shopping for a mortgage in a 30 day window.

Now if you are an experienced investor and have a proven system then no you can wait for your 1 out of 100 deal.If you are an investor letting deals pass you by, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019 I mean something is wrong with your numbers right?  

I went to take out a HELOC on another rental property and the lender (credit union) does not recognize the income we generate from this new asset until we claim it on next year's tax return. 

If you have been a realtor or investor/retiree and have proven track of transactions I think partial deduction of a trip or seminar in order to secure a specific property is easier.