One quick and easy way to boost you scores is to decrease you debt to usage by increasing the limits on your credit cards.

At the same time, rents have increased due to the dollar value decreasing.

Sure, there are programs and sharks... but a good down payment will decrease total expenses over time and lead to higher (and faster) returns.Congrats and good luck!

Most money you spend before its in service adds to your basis, which actually decreases your gain if you sell. 

Over the past year flower has decreased from 60% of the market to 50% of the market, so oils and edibles are increasing their share. 

Neel Shah in our area the water authority will decrease the amount charged upon presentation of documents that prove the leak and repair.

If you're looking at 5+ units, you want to compare across cap rates (NOI / purchase price) and opportunities to add value, increase rents, and decrease expenses. 

This allowed us to give BETTER pricing to our investors, as our hold times decreased. 

B) you need to decrease the basis of the property by the insurance proceeds, and loss you claimed. ( combined this equals replacement cost) .Second step is related to the basis-adjustment  of the property: A) As for repairs, for the repairs that have been done so far, you can add that to the basis of the property and start depreciating it. 

It decreases after each year but the point of a USDA loan is to live in it as your primary residence.