I want to learn some skills such as how to find deals in my market, estimate repair costs accurately, attract tenants, etc. 

Through out my lender shopping experience I found that a lot of lenders have no experience doing FHA 203k loans or that they strongly discourage it due to the long hard process that takes place in processing one (mostly on qualifying contractors). 

However, if you will need financing then things like credit score, cash for down payment, W2, ... etc are important for you to qualify for a loan.

If you had a Solo 401k plan and another qualified plan with an unrelated employer, and your wife also participated in the Solo 401k and had another plan with an unrelated employer, it could be done.

I've been a web applications developer for the last 12 years, and I'm really excited to mix my tech skills and entrepreneurial drive with some purposeful investing.I have some experience as that typical "accidental landord" and have held my first home as a rental for the last 10 years.

Multi-family properties are usually the easiest for an qualified engineer to perform a cost segregation study on, because the units are generally identical.

CMHC insures on the commercial side, a lot of times if you read their policies it sounds appealing but in practice doesn’t actually result that way.CMHC May offer 80% LTV on a residential building, but then when they qualify it, they value the building at a way lower price point than purchase and only lend 80% on that price point vs.

I'm currently a full time hvac technician with my contractors license and would love to leverage my skills to help out the right investor.I am open to suggestions and here to answer any questions. 

That depends....Do you want to sell it now to a qualified Buyer ready to Buy?

For those buildings they qualify to be removed from the FEMA Flood Map and reclassified out of the 100yr high-risk and into the 500yr low-risk X-Zone designation.At that point the lender mandates get dropped.