And, doing it with an engineering-based study (IRS' preferred methodology) with audit defense included, is going to be even more important.

Once under contract, confirm the leasing requirements with a thorough lease audit.

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What I will add, having audited their operations, they have large scale - so they can do the rehab at a fraction of the cost that someone would spend to do it on their own, they have a long experience of understanding how to manage and working in those areas which is very important in working class neighborhoods, and their typical investor purchases over 5 so I would assume if their clients are not happy they wouldn't buy more.

Most of those towns are not going to have CAFRs, though all the incorporated ones will have audits that you can request.

I know they all say they will give you audit support, but ask if they will give you audit indemnification.

If you never buy a property and get audited your auditor may see it a different way but hard to dispute if you do purchase a property in the near future that's how it was explained to me but please take this with a grain of salt as I am no Accountant.   

Passed two IRS audits, an investigation by the Ohio division of real estate due to a scammer tenant that filed a complaint.

He is being audited by the IRS.

Most people always speak from personal experience instead of an impartial one.