@Harvey RobertsIf you haven't listened to it already, you might check out BP podcast show #29: https://www.biggerpockets.com/...The topic is "Using Peer-to-Peer Lending to Finance Deals", and there are some BP Partner links in the show notes for Lending Club and Prosper which might be useful for getting some financing.

I stumbled across the topic of cost segregation.

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I consider this two separate topics: 1) what does the property need to make it rent ready?

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