Combined, the Fed and Congress (with 2 Presidents) busted out the printing press and went HAM. $10 Trillion later, inflation took off like starship.

Because of material participation I can deduct that $350k vs other income.Using combined federal and state tax rate of 40% x $350k = $140k in immediate tax savings.

As for the tech side, I used Guesty for Hosts, which is pretty good and offers website functionality but no booking widget so you cant build your own like on wordpress if you wanted.

As a guest, I probably care the most about a good bed and I'm very "function over form" for the most part, but it's got to look good in the pictures to get me there, right?

Greenville has a little better population growth and is about 90K people, roughly the size of Rocky Mount and Wilson combined.

Our current renter is likely to be renting for 4 years as she has kids at local school and 4 years would see them through to going to college.We have an old detached 1.5 garage that has functional automatic garage door, and just fits their car....not that they do it very often as I think it is a challenge. 

I'd rather talk to 5 motivated sellers per week than 100 unmotivated sellers.I have a 30-day marketing plan for active foreclosures that includes a combination of personalized letters, text messaging and door knocking and I attempt to make contact with the homeowner up until 24 hours before their auction date. 

As Dave mentioned, a cost segregation study combined with a 1031 exchange could be a good route for you.

Maybe you can convince everyone involved to convert to a community owned system, with a shared maintenance agreement, reserve funds,Just need to find the smoothest path forward to needed upgrades like an above ground cistern, pumps, backup generator, better filters, or whatever to make the system function 100% of the time$1500 is minimal, spend it if that's the way forward.

The ONLY advantage us "meat sacks" have right now is form, we have more optimized form for function.