Hi @Dylan Jashari, For cash deals, start by combining public data sources like county tax records, foreclosure filings, and code enforcement notices, into a central dashboard.

This is the ultimate first test to who you want to do business with.

After a month and a half without official economic data, the Fed's language and tone will offer critical insight into the path forward.

Verify regulations, taxes, and insurance by submarket, and pressure‑test numbers with a PM before offers.

The large down payment though can lead to increase access to cash flow, and a lower monthly payment despite the higher cost up front.House Hacking: Can require as little as 3.5% down though I do recommend 5% as it avoids the means testing required by the FHA loan.

Your rent is slightly high for the demand poolEven if showings are solid, the people coming through might love the place but be priced just above where they can actually qualify.Try running a quick test: drop the price by $50–$75 and see if applications start flowing.

Good news and bad newsGood news: your wife's REPS eligibility covers you, as well.Bad news: you need to meet the material participation test with respect to these two properties.

Why don't you use a bit different model where your potential clients can pay perhaps $250 (or a bit more if reasonable but no more than $500) for an hour meeting to talk to a real CPA who has been trained by you and determine whether or not they can save me money on taxes such as capital gains or ordinary income or passive income by forming structures that makes sense for using up various deductions and write-offs to the fullest extent to off-set the various sources of income and let them show me how they can eliminate my taxes down to minimal to zero in that quick session, it is like a preview session to what is possible given my actual data. 

They want to know you won’t blow the rehab budget, stall out, or panic when something goes sideways.Once I had one project under my belt with clean documentation, lenders stopped questioning my ARVs and started competing for my business.A few lessons from that first deal:• Show up with a real scope of work• Know your comps better than the lender• Bring a contractor who’s licensed, insured, and organized• Present the numbers like a business, not a hopeAfter that, funding becomes a systems game instead of a confidence test.

Week of November 10, 2025The government’s back open, economic data is catching up, and housing is starting to show life again!