Once again she e-maild me back this... 

Sometimes the first call is all you get so until you understand what you are dealing with on the other end of that phone, with this list, you can't coach them to do the best calls for you.

DC is one of the lowest cap rates in the country.If you have a long time horizon, and have patience, with the areas strong rent growth you can end up with more cash flow here than a high cap rate market.

Replacing an HVAC unit for tax purposes is considered an improvement, not a repair and therefor bonus depreciation from the TCJA should still be in effect through the end of this year. 

We checked out some higher end condos right on the beach but it never went anywhere.

Yes, if you do end up converting a primary home to a rental property the insurance carrier must be notified of the change as it's a completely different policy with different coverages.It's not a difficult change to do but if you don't make the change and a loss was to happen a claim could be denied.

The only thing holding us back is again the appraisal so we're calling a new one since we had an appraisal done 5 months ago that came in at $430k and this new one is at $373k (there was a sqft discrepancy between the way each one was calculated).

In the end, all 3 units will be refinanced into 1 loan, but in the meantime, during construction, we're looking for financing options, without having to refinance our current res loan.

I am working toward my RE license and would like to begin as an agent by the end of the summer as a part time job along with my W2 so that I can put any income from that into paying down that HELOC and putting more cash aside for the next possible deal.I'd like to have 2-3 more rentals within the next 5 years so that I can transition from my W2 to full time real estate (is that realistic?

I wanted to propose he sell to me at a 20% discount and I would lease it back to him for an extended period of time.