It's good that BP has this info available online for people who just do a little research can save themselves a bunch of money and the mental anguish of being taken advantage of. 

This also allows for property owners to more easily write-off assets that get damaged/destroyed as the value of these assets is determined as part of the study.

Expenditures incurred in the course of a general search for, or investigation of, an active trade or business in order to determine whether to enter a new business and which new business to enter (other than costs incurred to acquire capital assets that are used in the search or investigation) qualify as investigatory costs that are eligible for amortization as start-up expenditures under § 195.

How much it rents for is not determined by what you'd need to make it a good investment, it is determined by the market. 

GreetingsI'm here to ask about something that's often overlooked: mindset. What have you done to strengthen your mindset, and how can I stay disciplined to get better at investing?Stay HardAhmed Aboelela

Would be worth it for you to think about your set up now while you’re starting out to determine which path makes most sense to you, one account or multiples as I’m sure you’ll end up with more than one property down the road.

We have a multi family rental unit which uses oil for home/water heating.Our tenants are responsible for purchasing their own heating oil.We are trying to figure out a way to determine when/if our tenant is running out of fuel.Our maintenance person has communicated that one unit has repeatedly run out of fuel, creating an increase service cost on their boiler.I know there are WiFi options to meter usage.

@Connor McGinnisConsider evaluating the pro forma rents from two perspectives -determine the maximum amount you can increase the rents without making any renovations and then figure out how much more you can raise them with renovations.

@Josh MellOrder a titles report and Have an attorney review itIf you understand how to do your own title research then you can save a good bit of money.Challenge with PA is the layers of taxes from school to county etc and trying to determine what the amounts owed are.

Hello @Breanna Green,I recommend first determining your financial goal and then selecting a location that best supports that goal.