Southwedge/Highland Park (14620); North Winton Village/Merchants (14609/14610) stand out. 

It's just human nature - we tend to attribute characteristics we like to people we like.

Additionally, depending on how many rental and personal days you had, you may be able to deduct some of the expenses attributed to the personal days as itemized deductions.

We got pretty lucky, experienced a high level of interest, and signed a tenant to move in this weekend.Keys to success:- Professional photos made our listing stand out and look similar to the more expensive professionally managed mid/high-rise inventory in the area- Most comps in the neighborhood did not have in-unit washer/dryer and our renovation included them

One of the creative ways you can structure an offer to make it stand out if there is competition. 

Having said that, what do you think is the most important attribute an agent can have to help me find the best deal?

Among his many attributes, he does a great job of really listening, identifying the true problem at hand, and providing good suggestions for solutions.

Patience is definitely an important attribute.

The idea is that once two properties are found that are identical to each other, with exception to a single element, be it the number of bedrooms or location or whatever element it happens to be, that the difference in price between the two properties can be attributed to the one differing element.So for example.

In addition, if you are self-employed with no full-time employees you may wish to consider opening a Solo 401k instead of a self-directed IRA as it has several advantages over an IRA LLC such as much higher contribution limits, direct checkbook control (i.e. no need to have the account at a specialty trust company), ability to take a 401k loan, exclusion from unrelated debt finance income tax with respect to investment in real estate acquired with non-recourse financing, etc.In addition, please note if you purchase debt-financed real estate with your IRA, unrelated debt finance income tax should apply to the income attributable to debt-financed real estate held by your IRA.