{"id":137647,"date":"2021-04-30T11:48:23","date_gmt":"2021-04-30T17:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/?post_type=path-to-purchase&#038;p=137647"},"modified":"2021-05-27T16:40:09","modified_gmt":"2021-05-27T22:40:09","slug":"rental-due-diligence","status":"publish","type":"path-to-purchase","link":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/learn\/rental-due-diligence","title":{"rendered":"Performing Due Diligence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"overflow-hidden my-20\" x-data=\"{activeTab: 1}\" id=\"education\">\n  \n  <!-- Heading Label -->\n      <p class=\"text-slate opacity-60 mb-0 text-center font-bold uppercase text-md\">Education<\/p>\n      \n  <!-- Heading -->\n      <h2 class=\"js-toc-ignore mt-0 text-center text-slate font-bold\">Learn the basics<\/h2>\n    <!-- Tabs -->\n      <div class=\"tabs flex justify-center space-x-3 relative z-20 mb-12\">\n          <button \n        x-on:click=\"activeTab = 1, \n        window.analytics.track('PTP 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