I’m hoping to get a higher rate once I switch to Batch Skip Tracing.I guess they found a way to certify customer calls in the Shaken/Stir protocol at the highest possible trust value - virtually eliminating all spam tagging and call blocking.Wondering if that’s what they did.

Action and momentum will eliminate all your fears. 

If you do have to pay AMT, selling your property in an installment sale, rather than a lump sum sale, could eliminate the AMT.  

I tend to agree with @Andrew Syrios, it's not good practice to adhere too tightly to 1% or 2% rules, however I do think they're good for sweeping through a large list of potential properties and eliminating ones that just won't pencil out.

That goes a long way towards eliminating any bad will between you and your tenants, helps them have cushion and time to find the next place, and typically results in a happy outcome, in my experience.

You send it to your property manager.IRS Form W-8ECIIRS Form W-8ECI InstructionsBy filing Form W-8ECI foreign investors eliminate the mandatory 30% tax withholding as it notifies the property manager (and the IRS) the foreign investor will be filing annual tax returns to report their income and expenses related to the rental property.

The seller financing and elimination of closing costs on our end allow us to have ample cash during our "construction period" to pay for all debt expenses and every day mishaps.

This can partially offset the cost of the GC.if you plan on having multiple projects that you will act as a GC, you can leverage the relationships established on the first time acting as GC and learn from the previous efforts to reduce the mistakes (Note I said reduce and not eliminate). 

Who knows.Removing the tree:* Eliminates risk in a storm* Eliminates potential issue of roots damaging the drain field (though this would have been an issue decades ago)* Eliminates maintenance trimsAlso good terms with the neighbors means they'll likely allow me access to their backyard when I need to stain/seal the fence, and our yards have a line of railroad ties at the boundary, mine from the previous owner.

Instead, we use a process of eliminating locations that do not meet specific investing requirements.