Hope your expectations are properly aligned with market realities:)

Take ownership of your mistake and learn to do the proper due diligence recommended above😊

Having said that the tenant did pay for them and they were temporary and had them done by a professional and will pay to have them removed when they leave (they've been there almost 10 years at this point).If the PM told the tenant they can have the repairs done, have your person go and look at them to see if they were done properly. 

:Class A Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, 3-5 years for positive cashflow, but you get highest relative rent & value appreciation.Vacancy Est: Historically 10%, 5% the more recent norm.Tenant Pool: Majority will have FICO scores of 680+ (roughly 5% probability of default), zero evictions in last 7 years.Class B Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, decent amount of relative rent & value appreciation.Vacancy Est: Historically 10%, 5% should be applied only if proper research done to support.Tenant Pool: Majority will have FICO scores of 620-680 (around 10% probability of default), some blemishes, but should have no evictions in last 5 yearsClass C Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, high cashflow and at the lower end of relative rent & value appreciation.

Take ownership of your mistake and learn to do the proper due diligence recommended above😊

Take ownership of your mistake and learn to do the proper due diligence recommended above😊

My wife and I do have a fairly modest lifestyle.

I am fortunate that I do not owe on my duplex but we’ve handled selected two tenants that fit with our lifestyle and therefore have the other side rented at under market value.

:Class A Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, 3-5 years for positive cashflow, but you get highest relative rent & value appreciation.Vacancy Est: Historically 10%, 5% the more recent norm.Tenant Pool: Majority will have FICO scores of 680+ (roughly 5% probability of default), zero evictions in last 7 years.Class B Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, decent amount of relative rent & value appreciation.Vacancy Est: Historically 10%, 5% should be applied only if proper research done to support.Tenant Pool: Majority will have FICO scores of 620-680 (around 10% probability of default), some blemishes, but should have no evictions in last 5 yearsClass C Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, high cashflow and at the lower end of relative rent & value appreciation.

Then you have wiped the slate clean on the loss carryforwards, that $200k of released loss carryforwards offsets ordinary income first - so you will actually get a great result.Then, in 2025, when you have no more pass loss carryforwards, consider making that real estate professional status aggregation election, and utilizing cost segregation on properties you acquired in a prior year.Of course all of this - get some real tax help, I'm just another guy on the internet here, and there should be a deeper dive on the circumstances than what you can get through a forum posts to ensure this all actually works properly in your situation.