They saw I was in Texas, saw I had in my claim history hail claims, and they "tailored" the policies offering such a way they made sure the policy was unusable for anything else other than a total loss.

That may translate to your start applying to real estate oriented jobs while you still work your day job… or more sweat equity on your days off to learn more and more.  

@Brian EastmanI just learned that when buying houses from Self-directed IRAs, we cannot depreciate? 

Great discussion you generated here for those looking to learn more about cash-out refinances.

Sellers, will decide, at their listing agreement whether they want to compensate a buyer agent or not and live with their consequence of whatever they choose.Buyers agents will now have to have that difficult discussion with their buyers about their compensation upfront and a buyer will more likely shop around for an agent and learn to negotiate what they will pay their agent if the seller is not offering or not offering enough.

HI SAM,You can always start off by house hacking meaning you live in one UNIT or ROOM and renting out the other vacant units/rooms to offset your monthly mortgage payment.There are several ways to run and make sure you are maximizing your rental income while keeping your living expense as low as possible.

Sure, but it's called creative financing which of course we teach, and in my humble opinion requires someone who knows what they are doing to properly put it together.  

I can't say for sure if the BP calculator offers such a calculation as your tax situation impacts how the depreciation will effect your return.By bonus depreciation I'm assuming you're referring to doing a cost segregation, if this is the case you'll definitely want to review your tax return to determine if you can even take advantage of a cost segregation.

When I'm at a property myself I'm experienced enough to do a thorough visual inspection but it can sometimes be difficult for me to be there as I live out of town but I suppose perhaps the answer is that I do need to make sure I can be there in person.

We are not sure what his problems are.