He would be able to give clarity.From the insurance side the best practice in the industry is to have a well set up dwelling policy that will cover the property incase of fill in the blank. 

There were a few occasions where I passed on bidding on a property because of lien position or other possible clouds.

On occasion, the lender can go off market rents. but expect a little conservatism.

I have talked to a few contractors but have not had occasion to go through a house with one.

I've read on several occasions that you can write off 4% of the total value of the property each year as depreciation in addition to writing off renovations and maintenance.

@Kevin Martignetti we've put a Buddy system together at our meetings and some of the members rose to the occasion finding Deals, Flippers and Wholesalers.Your team can't come up with some new ideas and implement them?

On rare occasion, someone would say "the loan is current" so I put down zero for that number without questioning them.

The yard was literally a 2,200sqft blank slate after the ADU build.

No matter how nice they think their stuff is, better to have a blank wall than a picture of Aunt Betty.

On several occasions the costs got away from me, or I lost receipts etc.