@Ali QudsiUnless you are some not-for-profit organization - you will be required to pay property taxes.There are some instances that you buy a newly developed land/building and the county strikes a deal with you that you won't have to pay property taxes for X years but will ultimately have to pay them once the period is over.You can decrease your taxable income related to rental properties with depreciation.

A Geo political event can cause people to sell of their S&P  EFTs/mutal fund when no fundamental change to any of the underlying securities has taken place, yet their supply increases, thus decreasing the price, to reflect redemption. 

@Nick KatsikisThe source is the Temporary Regs to Section 469 of the Internal Revenue Code.

If you're not there to be found this will definitely cause a decrease in response rates...as many top investors are finding over the last couple years. 

Found it on Zillow and noticed it had a price decrease only 2 weeks after being listed, so I made an aggressive offer which the seller countered still in my favor.

That sounds strange, but you have nothing holding you back from venturing out of your security...because you have lost that security blanket that was your job.I would venture to say, that most of the success stories in history, started out where you are right now...me included.So, with nothing holding you back, and with plenty of time on your hands (time will always be your greatest asset...since you can never get it back), if you want to get into REI, you need to do the following:1 - Learn,2 - Learn some more,3 - Keep learning.Places to learn (before you say "that costs money"), that don't cost any money are:1 - Online education sites that have free articles written by experts in their fields.2 - Free e-books, that you can get online.3 - Joining your local REIC's to both learn and network.4 - ...and never stop learning...even when you become a success at this (and you will)Also, three very critical actions you MUST follow to be a success:1 - Always think possitive.2 - Train yourself to think of future "obstacles" as temporary problems...and you are the problem solver. 

In tight fiscal years, the number of new hires will decrease and the agencies will not pay for as much advanced training either.

I would talk to your CPA first.I have bought at year end to decrease my liability and or increase my passive loss from year to year..

Office TI work/build-out will only increase or decrease the cap rate if it is directly responsible for increased or decreased income.

Older people have decrease circulation, they start to always feel cold as they age.