Fourth: even if the entire deduction is available, it results in much smaller automobile deductions in future years and extra taxable income when you sell the vehicle or trade it in.

Yesterday, the landlord stated that it was their impression that we had agreed to painting not only the two rooms but extra rooms as well and now they are saying they are going to void the clause and raise the rent back to $3200, or we have to paint extra rooms not agreed upon.

And if you invest more than 200K you will get an extra 5% bonus at the end for a total of 23% returned in your final year.

Property Owner, you have an extra 1000 square feet with enough setback to add a 500 sqft ADU on this lot.

You mean the inflation that's already here and downplayed by half the country?

I turned the extra room without a bathroom into a workout room as a bonus amenity.

Then use the extra roommate rent income to pay down your mortgage and look to refi to a lower payment in the future (3-5 years) - so it cashflow when you move out.You could also choose the smaller unit and STR the other unit to generate more cash to pay down your mortgage and refi, so it cashflows when you move out.Bottom line: you'll have to get creative to solve your cashflow challenge!

REPS requires you to spend over 750 hours annually and more than half of your working time on real estate activities.

The desire for 10% down comes from maybe being able to do it this fall instead of three years from now--financially it might not make sense, but extra time with family is priceless.

I offer to return half because the buyer the one who has wronged me but I dont need to fight over a few grand so half is fine both partys are unhappy but we move on.