Any tips on how you went about picking your GC?

I use sites like AirDNA to determine potential income.

what is the reference date to determine long term / short term capital gains for a real property?

I was thinking about picking up the 4 hour work week.

How do you determine the extent of water damage to a house or pipe damage before buying the house?

You should be allowed to have your contractor do a walkthrough and at least measure and estimate for this worst case scenario so you can determine if its still worth the effort.

@Zack MattinBonus Tip: Don't be afraid to pick up the phone and call the alumni or ask people within your current network for introductions to people within your target firms.

IF they first consider that the call will result in a $50 fee to them, they will take the 2 seconds that most of these nuisance calls take to troubleshoot simple, and common issues.Now, when it comes to actually assessing the charge, @Nick Patel, you need to determine whether this is a nuisance or tenant negligent charge, or a legit repair. 

The BP rental property calculator should be helpful in determine the cash return on your investment.If you didn't see this past week's webinar, Brandon walks you through on things to consider as well as how to input numbers into the online calculator on BP.

If it's not at the lien stage than title may not pick it up.