Consulting with a tax professional or a firm specializing in cost segregation studies can provide a more accurate assessment based on the unique characteristics of your investment property.Feel free to reach out with any further questions.Thanks.

In this instance, the location posed creative obstacles due to the neighbor's frequent collection of vehicles near the driveway, encroaching on the property at times.

First, a frequent poster and STR host cited his vetted CPA saying that he needn’t send his cleaner a 1099 and he can still claim those expenses, as long as his has proof of payment (checks or electronic payments or payment Apps).

Good basis for fighting the ever-more-frequent push for rent control:stlouisfed DOT org/on-the-economy/2024/feb/what-are-long-run-trade-offs-rent-control-policies

Tahoe has come up frequently in my research.

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But, when we get into the all-too-frequent world where community members directly or indirectly insult people or parties, we're over the line.

You cannot really answer the question if an Investment is Cash flowing or NOT because it's not up to the INVESTMENT to cash flow.... it is the INVESTOR that cash flows the Property OR NOT.I see it time and time again, in every single book, guru or not.... the CHARACTERISTIC of Cash Flowing is NOT about the INVESTMENT... it's about the INVESTOR.This is why we need to focus on other things like Cap Rate and especially IRR.Here is another example with a Spreadsheet:You are thinking of buying 1 of 2 properties.

Even without these characteristics, in the early days of Auben we tried to copy the multifamily showing techniques and design a personalized resident viewing experience.Prior to the invention of electronic self-showing lockboxes, we scheduled and arranged personal tours of our homes in a very analog process.

Of course, this is an excuse.We only lend to flippers, and only in southern California, so this is a particularly sensitive topic and something I think about frequently.