We've recently added accounting tools as well so that you can collect rent and get professional-level reporting in the same place. 

Hi Sam, If the property is priced well and there is an expectation of a handful of offers that you would be competing against, it may be helpful to work with a lender can issue an expedited commitment on the loan within 24-28 hours of getting into contract. 

If you time this well, and develop mid-late Recovery phase, your projects should be coming online right at the height of the demand depending on the market.

if they don't agree, go visit the  auditor, and have your baseline argumentation coming as well. they're very professional overall.sometimes , the best way to understand things is also to understand the exact tax language, word by word.

The Whole Foods/Trader Joes/Starbucks principle works as well.

You could reach out to Kevin Kim at Geraci LLP in CA who's firm does securities and PML law in all states and is intimate with CA, OR, WA, and ID laws as well as corresponding state specific financial institutions governance (in WA it's called DFI or Department of Financial Institutions) and how to navigate their expectations accordingly... 

I am currently interested in getting a multiplex at/around Sweet Home, OR (Portland, OR is an option as well).

If you can save enough money to come up with a down payment do that as well.  

@John O'Leary, thank you for the insight it has crossed my mind to hand that task off. 

Cross-collateralizing is also another option.