I'm sure there is a compromise easily in there somewhere where you can pay a licensed business to do the work and receive an invoice for your $1500/etc.

My accountant doesn't care about that for tax purposes, but I wanted to easily see those numbers in the same place where I was tracking everything else.

@Emily Anderson true on the flat 24% tax rate on rental income without the possibility to deduct costs from it.Keep only one thing in mind: rental income is being added to regular taxable income (salary and rental income).So I could deduct costs before ending up with taxable rental income, however for me, it is being added and calculated together with my salary income.That means I'm easily reaching higher tax brackets even after the deductions, while with a flat rate it always stays the same (even if you earn way more rental income).

In the Cape Coral market, rents have increased so fast that some estimates are easily 30% under market.

People easily persuaded, do your own homework dnt listen to the broke friend lol

However one thing I didn't anticipate was, while the aged sewer line could easily hand two people living in the property, when my tenants moved in and when the load on the sewer system went to five people, it couldn't keep up.Turns out the line had been damaged over time (orangeburg pipe) and was too narrow, so I had to pay to get it replaced. 

You can finance new manufactured, *you can often not finance (conventionally, or easily) used manufactured that have been moved more than once.

Think of wholesaling as a marketing business vs. a way to quickly and "easily" get into the game.

If you took 8 months, she could easily turn around and demand her money back When you say no, she takes you to court.

This could easily be ALL your profit in the current environment... or if not all, a significant chunk if you are financing your purchases - which begs the conversation above about other investment routes.