You can consider installing individual boilers for each block.

Some of our clients have even installed two separate electric meters on the property, which would require two separate addresses.

- Since a portion of the house will be a STR, can I bonus depreciate the solar panel installation?

@Ryan RuncheyAside from DIY approach and the outsourcing approach, there is a middle way, and it may be just be the golden path for many newer investors.There are companies that will set up your account, customize it according to your needs, train you on how to maintain your own books, and help with support or troubleshooting when problems arise. 

Income Digs has great YouTube videos on how to tailor QBO for real estate investors if you're looking for a DIY approach or some education on it. 

@Chelsie Hall - I just finished a CSS Decision Diagram flowchart intended to bring together all the various questions when assessing the benefits of a CSS (via a professional or DIY).

If you decide to sell another strategy for you to consider as an alternative to a 1031 is a structured installment sale. 

.: @Carlos Ptriawanyep, am still waiting for ChatGPT to be able to tell me what the condition of every single sewer line in Pittsburgh is.This should be doable by installing some IOT device lol 

, cleaned, and installed new HVAC, ran all new pex lines/valves/shut offs, all new hardwood flooring and carpet, all new and expanded kitchen cabinets, new appliances, created full bath and connected it to a bedroom to create en suite, repurposed 2 unused rooms (1 into a 4th bedroom/office/playroom and one into a family room, installed new interior and exterior lighting throughout, new automatic garage door, and landscaped.

Created en suite bed/bath, extra bedroom/office/playroom, created family/tv room, added a couple of windows in dark rooms, installed new HVAC, ran all new pex lines/valves/shut offs, all new hardwood flooring and carpet, all new and expanded kitchen cabinets, new appliances, converted 1/2 bath into full bath, repurposed 2 unused rooms (1 into a 4th bedroom/office/playroom and one into a family room, installed new interior and exterior lighting, new electric garage door w/remote, and landscaping What was the outcome?