Take as many real estate, legal, civil engineering, structural engineering, and finance classes as you can. 

From there, you can connect with people in your localmarket.Just remember, don't spam anyone as the algorithm willblock you.Also, if you would like a recommendation to a DSCR lender, feel free to connect.Hope this helps!

Maybe it's because I am an engineer by trade and somewhat systematic by nature, but I think real systems start to matter after maybe 20 properties, maybe more.

Proposals from engineers on the remediation?

That can often lead to a negative experience but should be considered if the bookings provide good revenue for you to get your algorithm and reviews a jump start.Hope this helps, good luck!

Modern building standards utilize engineering that achieves an expected life span of on average 25-45 years (yes, that's correct, homes sold on 30yr mortgages that were engineered to last 25yrs, I saw it and worked on them).

I was advised by an engineer inspecting things in the Fall that I may want to secure the box given children under 13 in the house.

But the best ways are direct-to-seller marketing and SEO (although that's a bit of a winner takes all game and takes time to get your site to the top of the search engines). 

If I own an LLC that sells engineering consulting services for, say, $20,000 in a year, can I use that $20,000 to make a downpayment on an investment property, and then tell the IRS the LLC had $0 profit?

I would avoid all of the algorithms simply because they are just 'guessing; in a sense.For most properties, you can just go on your preferred website like Zillow/Redfin/Realtor.com and just look around for properties that are extremely similar to yours.