@Scott NeudeckerThis depends on what features your looking for.

Thanks Lee, but the Los Angeles (city) building code is very hard to decipher, and the city gives conflicting opinions when asked (after 1+ hours waiting in line), and no authoritative opinions before submitting complete plans.

Here are some alternatives to commingling your assets: using the Solo participant loan feature to do the deal outside of retirement funds using non-recourse financing from a lender or private source in combination with retirement funds as the down paymentusing your 401k or IRA and partnering with non-disqualified persons 

Although I am a Realtor and have access to the MLS and can see old listings, I have seen that Redfin has been pretty reliable as a #2 option.All in all, you want to compare properties with as many similar features as possible and be aware of the obvious outliers, with the main culprit being size difference (You really don't want to compare a 3000 sq. ft. house with 3 bedrooms to a 900 sq. ft. house with 3 bedrooms).

The idea is to complete the renovations, get it filled up with tenants, and then refinance to a lower rate lender.

Hello I just finished the audiobook of "The Book on Rental Property Investing: How to Create Wealth and Passive Income Through Smart Buy & Hold Real Estate Investing".I just want to know if there are any PDF's on the " checklist what to see before buying a house" and a PDF for other 2 things like - "How to make an offer and what to check before completing the offer" - "how to find my Karma points for my loan so I make it easy on my bank"Edit : Also the guide on how to do Screening on my Tenants if possible(the one that analyzes the audiobook)

After repairs, I am pretty confident that I can BRRRR completely out of it, leaving no money in the deal.

I would budget for doing a complete cosmetic rehab: interior and exterior paint, replace all flooring, new appliances, light fixtures and fans.

If they are the best you can do is pay enough that they can come up with the rest and don't completely destroy their credit. 

If we find that leaving her on the title will hurt us greatly in taxes, what is the best way to quit-claim the title completely to me and would this effect the success of the 1031 exchange?