If rates drop we're anticipating reducing the amortization to 15-20 years and intend to pay off the mortgage completely (early) and by 'retirement' age..free and clear - that's when the income will actually have a meaningful impact anyhow or we re-leverage to redevelop or sell to upgrade and/or re-invest.The Wealth Engine Nobody SeesWhen you run a short-term rental with a standard 30-year mortgage, every booking chips away at your loan principal.

Just wanted to introduce myselfJesse Smith is a seasoned real estate investor and engineer based in Velpen, Indiana, with over 25 years of combined experience in construction, engineering, and real estate development.

ChatGPT pulls information from the internet.OpenAI takes 10x more energy output than a Google search anyway.What's really spook is Anthropic who made Claude AI is now starting to think for itself, build safeguards and has it's own agendas and consciousness.It other words, Claude has been shown to blackmail, deceive and even have self preservation.Talk about Skynet in the making.ChatGPT is just a glorified text chatbot and search engine at this point.

Civil engineers are the ones that handle most of this stuff, and can be a good resource.

I already paid am engineer for a concept plan and go to the city to change the zoning.

It's a lot easier than it seems in today's computerized world to catch fraud.

I am a recent veteran who is currently a software engineer and would like to acquire my first rental property within the next 3 - 6 months.

I am looking for a private lender to finance my rehab on an already owned, gutted property in a desirable neighborhood of the city (Upper Lawrenceville): demo complete, structural engineer sign-off, architect-approved design to move the stairs (which is not a small deal in Pittsburgh), and city permit.

Otherwise, you're just using search engines that tell you general information, which have been around for decades and can be reached without using Chat GPT or Grok and any other engine.Or am I wrong?

There are two types of cost segregation study firms1 - One where a engineering professional will stop by the proprety to generate a report based on their findings / research.2 - One where an engineering firm will provide you a questionnaire that you will complete based on your knowledge on the property.There are differences in regards to pricing, timing and quality of the 2 above reports.One may be recommended over the other based on your tax profile, cost of property, etc.Best of luck to you