Also, something I don't pretend to grasp is the fact that bonds are paying 5%, dividens more and the stock market in general is even better.

September is a super dead month, maybe even deader than May. 

Hey Ryan, (in general) your passive income will be offset by these prior passive losses since they carry forward :)  Something i wanted to add to my answer here: These losses carrying forward can offset gains from stocks. 

Yes there are plenty of MTRs on apps, also corporate housing a la Avalon (used to be Oakwoods - that's where they parked us film students from out of state back in the 2000s - the place was flooded with kids in Jan), and pilot season is mostly dead, but I feel that this market would always have a few folks coming in. 

kind of like stocks or crypto, Dollar Cost Average is how I look at buying Real Estate.3.)

So it’s not like a book on how to be a day trader (buy a stock when it hits 2% below it’s moving 7 day average).3.

Also, can I use the deductions from real estate to reduce my active income and income from the stock market?  

There is no "safe" investment in the stock market, real estate, etc., but you have to roll the dice and get in the game.

As Mr Wonderful so beautifully coined "your dead to me". 

Despite every plumber telling me that speaking with the city and the utility company was a dead end I was able to eventually get to the #2 guy at Citizens, the utility company.