My family there kept bugging me to buy, but I just couldn't pull the trigger.

And there are competing levered lending funds with different structures where their accountants and auditors have determined that they are triggering UBIT and/or UDFI."

Priority #1: You don't want a random stock market hiccup that temporarily reduces the value of your holdings by 15% to cause you to miss out on a great deal.In general the BP community likes to take on risk so this will fly in the face of that, but IMO certificates of deposit are the best holding vehicle for down payment funds if you are still a year or more of savings away from being ready to pull the trigger.

Just do your research before pulling the trigger and make sure you have some cushion in your numbers.

So I have 12000 miles that I kept track of for going on trips to the store/to see tenants/ ect for this tax year of 2018.My concern is is that too many miles that could trigger a audit?

I would have not been confident to pull the trigger on my next purchase of a 6 plex without that duplex.

Pull the trigger once you find another investment OOS or in SD.

It's tempting to pull the trigger so that you can do a deal for the sake of doing one.

Once you've educated yourself just enough to the point of "Ok it's time to pull the trigger now" then figure out what type of investing you want to do and take massive action.

I am looking to pull the trigger on my first deal which I plan to BRRR but I am scared about the refinance.