I recommend finding an accountant who specializes in real estate taxation and tax planning.You may want to consider working with your accountant remotely to expand your options.I would also recommend looking for a accountant willing to work with you throughout the year.

I work with real estate agent and buy it.

I am new to real estate investing and was looking into taking a heloc on my primary to purchase land and do a construction loan.

Safe to assume $90-150k.Lower end is real number for 2-car garage to ADU in Sacramento Higher end is Bay Area with a few complexities 

Even their real landlord may lie to you because they want them to leave.

They seemed to just rehash the WSJ article but put a more negative slant on it, and probably drew some info from the Real Deal article too.

It’s by far the best way to set up an SDIRA, especially when it’s investing in real estate on account of the amount of transactions done regularly.  

Think about how can you make your property a no brainer when having to decide between an apartment and a home. 2-Contact homeowners who are not in your close proximity, so they do not feel threatened, and ask them what are they seeing in the market, and how are they are adjusting (most likely you are not the only one who is experiencing this). 3-  If you decide to work with a real estate agent, use one that works with rentals, and better yet, someone who specializes in property management as well, because they will help you weed out  bad applicants. 4- This last one I do not have experience with, but I would definitely try it if my rental was near a hospital: Partner with a company that finds housing for traveling nurses.

Sometimes you get lousy results despite the high price tag, and sometimes you do find a real bargain.

These are my consideration for spec home:Any similar spec home in the neighborhood.Any newer house in the neighborhood.What is the highest price per/sqft in the neighborhood.or ask local real estate agent.