And in many cases this may be warranted as health and safety issues may be present.  

He probably uses all of those apps as well.

@Sam Chicquen, to be upfront, you're kind of all over the place.

There is no differential factor number, however, it will change if you are buying tenant occupied, if they are are going to be vacant at closing, if they are going to stay the full lease or you have to pay cash for keys.

Also you can check Meetup for local investor groups as well as there are some smaller ones around also.I'd say one of the biggest steps is choose a type of Investing.

If you’re not a NAR member - for example a commercial broker - you’re not subject to NAR rules.That being said, what you post is more important than the disclosure.  

Imagine the 2nd property is a 4plex, each unit can be rented $1500/unit of 75% =$1125 x 4 units =$4500 worth of income to offset your that 2nd property.

My son will be heading up the effort.  

They would be the best place to start.  

well. lower tax's generally helps RE and business as a whole. will have to see if they come up with something specific like the cost seg rules that are redy to sunset.