Leverage is a great tool if used wisely.

Definitely no set way you have to do everything, but basic things you always want to verify-- location, quality of the property (property inspection for sure), market rents (especially if needing to compare to what is being advertised), taxes and insurance costs, major due diligence on the management company since essentially the fate of your investment largely lies in their hands, tenants, etc.

This would essentially roll the new roof into the mortgage on the house.The question is - would you do this - include the roof in the mortgage?

Being paid to learn essentially.

Essentially, I would like to avoid PMI if possible.From my understanding, the government used to back up 5% down on (live-in) multi-units.

As an aspiring business owner I prefer having an established business entity, separate business checking/finances, business history.When I give my tax info to my accountant at the end of the year everything reconciles to one account or one credit card.Not that you couldn't keep track of all this information via other tools but I prefer it this way.

A buddy of mine told me basically the money you put into the syndicate as a GP or LP, you can essentially write off 75% of that thanks to the pass through depreciation.

Below are the 4 categories I was thinking of splitting my commission check into: Taxes – not enough agents account for thisInvesting in your business – marketing, tools, etc.Personal day-to-day expensesInvestments -into other streams of income - Stocks, RE investments, etc.These were the 4 major categories I could think of and I was curious as to how people would split these up based on a percentage.

I'd recommend using the networking tools here on BP. 

When you don’t sell you’re essentially buying the property from yourself at the current value.