There are a lot of options out there.Some of the most useful items BiggerPockets members have identified are features that save time so they can spend time working on their next property.

I pay about $2500 a year for each of my partnership returns with my CPA regardless of whether it’s a $1M deal or a $5M deal.I would save the partnership conversation for if and when you are doing much bigger deals.

Hospitable saves me $25 a month in time, so it essentially pays for itself.

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There is no tax savings from an LLC.2.

Unfortunately I paid via ACH because it saved some money, but that came back to bite me.

To qualify for a loan, focus on having a credit score of at least 620 (or 580 for FHA loans), keeping your total monthly debt under 43% of your income, and saving enough for a down payment and closing costs—about 5-10% of the home's price in total.

Just have $$ in savings

If you don't intend to do that right away then do the 20% and save the extra cash flow.

That mirrors my experience too - our Hispanic contractors know exactly what the market rates are and they may be a touch below but not considerable - what you are getting these days is a faster, tighter job, not huge cost savings.