If you're planning on utilizing a self-showing model with cameras you'll need to make sure you disclose to prospective tenants viewing the property that there are cameras on premise.At scale, we've coordinated 160,000+ on-demand/self showings with smart lockboxes over the past 5 almost 6 years with very few issues.

This explains why your taxable income was zeroed out on Form 1040, even if the standard deduction wasn’t utilized.

Assuming you don’t meet the 500 hour test, you will likely need to document the time of others spent working on your property.In addition, you need to have guests at your property as well.Until you are 100% sure you can utilize the short term rental loophole, I’d wait to do the cost segregation study.

Using a Heloc utilizes the equity that is sitting dormant, it provides tax relief (once again check with your tax professional) as it is interest income, you can typically get a reasonable rate andlastly there is no out of pocket money.

LVP - luxury vinyl plank.

When your tax professional prepares your 990t they will utilize the Cost Seg to minimize the UDFI tax. 

I am putting it up on Facebook, Craigslist, etc. but is there anything else a newbie can utilize that you have found success with?

A couple of things in regards to saving on taxes by utilizing depreciation correctly.

Maybe they work for the fiber company and they want to put some kind of utility hub there.   

See when materials get delivered, etc.This last one is debatable but It works for me.Not utilizing rewards or cash back credit cards during renovation projects to maximize ROI.