It will also let you get to know the types of customer/ renter who would be interested in apartments/ houses in a particular neighborhood.

Knowing of course that it is an IRS untaught method to their people who Audit return (of our SIC codes)-- An unknown fish so to speak that might cause them to simply redline it costing the customer big Bucks $$$$$$$$$ (and anxiety).The tax savings on a $30,000 write off should buy quite a few Mcdonald's cheeseburgers.

I've run the numbers on homes in our price range within a 3hr drive radius of our zip and they just don't make sense as rental units.I'm fluent in Spanish so other than the financing problem maintaining a rental in Costa Rica vs another market in the USA that requires a flight is fairly comparable from my perspective.Its funny because buying a sub 70k house anywhere in the US would be so easy for us.

If commercial multifamily, What sub-markets do you look into?

In short, their horrendous customer service and business practices cost me 5250.00 USD.

What I am seeing is investors using STRs in what I would consider sub par (sketchy) neighborhoods.

Robust job and population growth, along with limited new inventory, is expected to sustain strong rental demand and further rent increases through 2025, though at a more moderate pace than during the recent frenzy.Top Townhome NeighborhoodsPromising sub-markets for townhome and condo investments in Las Vegas include Summerlin, Henderson, and Downtown Las Vegas.

It’s  not in a visually bad condition - foundations etc are good based on the report - just hasn’t been maintained too well - it’s a large custom home built in 2003 and single story and the agent kept persuading us it’s worth that much.

You compromised your lendability by taking write-offs to show you didn't make much so in a bank's eyes, you didn't make much.Any alternatives that are come here (sub to, seller finance) aren't realistic for a regular home buyer.

You are probably a "customer" which means they don't represent your best interests and have no requirement to protect you, negotiate on your behalf, etc.