You may need permits for plumbing, electrical, and structural changes.A HELOC can be a flexible and cost-effective way to access funds for a down payment on another property. 

Sometimes Airbnb guests find it unusual, so you may lose some potential bookings with the requirement.

Do you want the seller to pay closing costs?

I am fully educated on what's public online/and how to access that easily, and I'm looking around for subscription/pay options that offer more "actual raw data" (on deeds, history, leins and public records) than the county sites, basically.Research--for anything I identify as potentially interesting.

Because of material participation (I self-manage)/bonus depreciation/cost seg, we’ve been able to get all of our taxes back both years so far.We cannot keep going the way we have for two years, so that’s not an option.

I would want to keep extra for reserves along with contingencies, plus if anyone in the area has stored away the 10,000 for a cost segregation details on that would be helpful too.

Firstly, it has a relatively low cost of living and affordable real estate prices, allowing investors to purchase properties at a lower initial cost compared to many other cities.

I am married to a successful interior designer who serves luxury clients but can work with me to make rental properties look great for half the cost with her knowledge of what makes the most impact.

While researching and evaluating homes, I had an idea for managing the down payment and emergencies for the first property.When I find a property with good cash flow, I could use a private money lender (PML) to cover the down payment and closing costs.

We track most things manually, but use Apartments.com for the units currently occupied (adding more units in our portfolio will incur the Apartments.com premium cost, so I want to explore my options if software is no longer free).