@David Woodside The 500-hour rule allows you to treat rental losses as active, enabling you to offset other income and reduce your tax bill significantly.

As firefighters persist in battling the blazes, many residents are left assessing their financial and emotional losses.

It's essential for me to acquire these skills as I navigate potential roles in the real estate industry.If you have any insights, recommendations, or perhaps know of specific training programs or resources for learning Yardi, I would greatly appreciate your guidance.

This is something I try to live by and teach my kids if I can - "A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly.

In many cases bigger banks or lenders have specific programs that cater to first time home buyers and investors. 

I would consider adding loss of rents coverage.

Not enough information here to answer this question accurately.Is the home a total loss? 

I walked to the house and met a man who says he was cleaning out due to the loss of their mother in some few weeks back.The guy told me she is  left with 12 years mortgage on the property to pay the bank.

If he overestimated the value of property and can't recover his loss then it's none of your concern.

If they pay late now as is, let's say they lose a job or have a temporary loss of income, you're kind of SOL.I would look to build reserves between now and August.