Any tips on how we can get them to consider letting us start the lease in May?

Also dont get over your ski tips.. your taking a junior position and as such you should make VERY Big interest like 20% or higher. or part of the profit.. because in essance your person is doing the deal with no skin in the game cash wise.. what happens in a water landing.. and the first goes into foreclosure can you stroke and check and pay the first off. 

Scott offered this as a tip in the BiggerPockets Podcast episode 311 - 6 Rules for Investing in Real Estate in the Coming Economic Shift https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/biggerpoc...Glad to see another investor in Montana on the forums @Andrew Schrader.

I travel fly into a ton of cities every other week and picked up a tip from an Anthony Chara workshop awhile back. 

OMG, a long list, @Joshua Thompson.Schedules C with zero income and large expenses, particularly interest, taxes, and repairsFlips reported at gross profit instead of full selling price minus cost of goods soldFlips reported as short-term capital transactions on Schedule DSchedules E with zero income and large expensesSchedules E with repairs several times higher than the rentMissing depreciationLosses from rental properties or K1s not showing up on 1040 (not always a mistake, but often is)All expenses grouped into some $40,000 "miscellaneous business expenses"Missing deduction for use of a business vehiclethere are another 20-30 very common errors and oversights, soon to include the missing 20% QBI deduction.

Additionally any tips or suggestions for new investors in the Columbus area are appreciated! 

Are there any similar tips you all have picked up on this topic?

Following, would love someone to let me into their world and share all these tips and tricks.

As a small time RE investor (two properties), I'm thinking it just makes the most sense to 'shift' some of the deductions I used to enter on a Sched A over to the Sched E because of the new rules/deductions with the Tax Cut & Jobs Act.

Are there any tips/tricks to get into real estate with high loan balances and credit card debt?