They do scrutinize a bit over the terms of the co-op, management of the co-op, reserves and such.

Scrutinize contracts related to services like laundry, internet, cable, and phone.4.

The IRS tends to scrutinize W-2 employees claiming REPS, and there is only one tax court case I know of where a W-2 employee qualified.

I find saying you're doing it to "learn" is better received then "i'm doing it to save on costs" since they may get the feeling you're going to micromanage them and scrutinize the budget.

@Gaston Barua-You would be better served if you had an experienced individual, hold your hand through the underwriting process of scrutinizing a deal with a careful eye ( and with some good software), as no two deals you encounter will be the same.Books are wonderful, only to a certain extent.  

@Bryce DavisUnlicensed brokers are being scrutinized.

I would also scrutinize his renovation costs.

.#2 Really scrutinize the PM (property management).  

@Michael Boyer Yeah, I'm definitely going to scrutinize the HOA pretty heavily.  

They add a PO # to each receipt during checkout so I am able to carefully scrutinize all purchases later on.