How have you gone about this process for markets outside of your own?

Please do not pay any guru $15k for this program.

My view is the insurance is not only valuable if it is used.  

Lots of posts on different companies so be sure to check out what people have said about vendors you are considering doing business with.

This is where you live in one side.

It sounds like you navigated the challenges well and gained valuable lessons for your next venture.

we ran into this recently.

Not only will this lead to you being alerted if the policy lapses, but if their pet bites someone it may protect you from a resulting lawsuit.4) Unathorized Pet- Check your lease and state laws to see if you can terminate the lease over this.

I know there are bad Contrs out there)2) Also in my experience, the customer should not be involved in picking up materials, ever.

You have to complete Schedule E if you have rentals.You should check if the turbo tax premier version allows the filing of Schedule E.With that said, using a software like Turbo Tax will assume you to understand what is deductible.If you work with a tax professional, you are more likely to have an accurate return.