While it is true that the time of year can influence market activity, as others have mentioned, there is usually a trade-off depending on the season.

I always check active rentals to see what the competition is currently looking like for if a rental were to go live that month too.

This will work for ordinary losses, but not from negligence or unlawful activity.

For example when someone wants to have financial freedom and spend more time with family, but then sets a goal by creating a heavy active income stream that involves their personal involvement daily.

My goal is to add verbiage within the lease that will decrease any tiffs between tenants for the common spaces and how to set expectations and promote group effort with cleaning the common areas/shoveling snow/personal dishes/shared fridge/laundry/having guests and so forth. 

Yes I agree that he definitely would be a candidate for a great podcast guest.

I have active leads with wholesalers and other agents, but quite frankly their deals are not good.

Is it good or bad with a lot/little REI activity?

These expenses can create a paper loss, which may offset other passive income or carry forward to future years.If you qualify for Real Estate Professional Status (REPS) or actively manage a Short-Term Rental (STR), the losses can be applied against your active W-2 or business income, reducing your overall tax liability.

So this is a new one for me... Listing price is at 130k and agent mentioned that the seller has wiggle room to drop the price. However, there is a mortgage on it with about 80k left, is it even worth trying to still g...