Your county is arguably one of the most reliable options to the IRS. 

IMO, house hacking is arguably the BEST way for a beginning RE investor to get started; it has MANY advantages over other strategies.It's true that it's now very difficult to find a cashflowing house hack in SLC, but I wouldn't say it's impossible (and the market is transitioning quickly right now, so who knows what the numbers will look like in a few months).Because it's such a tough buyer's market, finding a cashflowing house hack often requires some creative thinking.

Your time would be much better spent learning how to do effective due diligence (which is a arguably even more difficult skill to acquire and something you would actually be using 100% of the time).

@Fili Aguirre Verifying income is arguably THE most important piece when screening applicants.

It is very typical for "closed accounts" to take additional time to finalize in order to ensure all checks have actually cleared (inbound and outgoing); all work ordered by the current PM has been paid; and actual rent payment status is confirmed along with Security Deposit and the transfer of the SD.The repair authorization may or may not be arguable.

Maintenance is a big pain in our azz, arguably the #1 pain in our azz because it is blocking our ability to get a property leased which we DO make $ on, and in maintenance we have all this brain-damage and time-suck of getting vendors out, scope of work, communicating with owner etc etc..

Your post looks to be a microcosm of what's right - and wrong - with obtaining large sums of money ALL OF A SUDDEN.The main thing I noticed was that when you invested your $100k winnings into your flip, it arguably didn't generate any extra return for you ie.

When analysing a real estate market, aside from job & population growth which seem arguably the most important factors, how important is looking at a city's number of new commercial and multifamily construction in a given area (construction/community growth?)

I've been intimately involved with buying, renting and selling hundreds (arguably thousands) of homes in Atlanta metro; so I do have a good idea of what kind of small projects do, and do not, require permitting.

The scope of it is arguably broader.