@Denisse Gonzàlez FontechaRepairs to a personal residence are non-deductible personal expenses.Improvements to a personal residence are capitalized into your basis.Hint hint...

How about a hint ?  

Just a hint, it’s probably not the shiniest, most sparkling realtor out there.

i currently have tenant in my property and the contract is soon too be over ... hint. in a couple days!

Additionally, read your contract, it should hint towards the answer and you can ask an attorney to assist you in determining what is required of you per the laws in your state.

If I was an award winning chef, I'd subtly brag about it on my newsletter.

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Any hints or tips for success or how to do on the cheap? 

Any helpful hints on making it a great experience for all?

Dan This may not be a popular opinion, especially because a number of people on these boards are agents who rely on real estate sales to earn a living, but I wouldn’t buy any real estate right now.The stock market is way way way down and if you look at historical charts of the stock market, whenever it’s way way way down, it almost always doubles or triples within the next few years.Unless you think that Apple and Google and Netflix and Amazon are going out of business (hint: they aren’t), then you realize that the stock market will bounce back over the next few years with tremendous furyI was sitting on a bunch of cash that I was going To use to buy my next vacation rental, but instead I am dumping it all into the stock market so that it doubles or triples over the next few years and then I will take that huge amount of cash and buy a bunch more vacation homesRight now I wouldn’t buy real estate unless I found something that is way way way way way down in value, like 50% down,.