So things that are red flag for me may be fine for someone more aggressive.1) Portfolio matching: (takes 30 seconds per deal)a) Have an educated opinion on where you think we are in the real estate cycles (financial and physical market cycles)b) Then only then pick the strategies, capital stack, and specialized asset subclasses that make sense for that opinion.

My goal is to eventually become financially independent so I dont have to depend on my job and do the things that I enjoy.

Luke Kwon Congrats to your decision on wanting to focus on real estate as a vehicle to reach more financial liberty and thus freedom of choice.

Be careful daisy-chaining your properties together financially with HELOCs because if a downturn in the market occurs, your property investments will fall like dominos.

The appraiser might be able to use a lower cap rate based on Comparable Sales in the area that have financial data.

Not sure if this is the proper category so please forgive me if so.Does anyone on BP use Wave Financial accounting app to track their rehab projects? 

I've seen them tossed out of court more often than not in favor of what was recorded.Perhaps there are instances where the court invalidated the transfer to the trust and quiets title in favor of the unrecorded qcd, like if the grantor was deemed to have been incapacitated at the time and there's a financial exploitation situation... but that's a rare scenario. 

Listed on the application is $2000 from work and $5,540 from Grad Student Financial Aid. 

Being today (4th of July) is about celebrating independence and freedom, I thought it would be nice to hear from the thousands of people that are on here and have FINANCIAL FREEDOM.Please share a brief story about how you got there and what is has allowed for in your life.

Most of the OZs (75%) don't provide financial requirements for economic return, however when OZs are paired with the right market conditions the investor is $44 richer for each $100 invested in OZ vs standard investments with no tax benefit (SP500).