This way, your rental income supports your next purchase, and you don’t need to save as much for down payments.Financing: Focus on improving your credit and saving for future down payments.

This is not a "real estate rental income" activity as defined by the IRS, so whether you are a REP or not, you can take this benefit.All of this is separate from a QOZ Investment, which would require you to first recognize a capital gain from another source (say a stock sale), invest that gain, hold it in a Corporate or Partnership structure (likely partnership), meeting the substantial improvement qualifications of being a QOZB, and then yes, you get to avoid the depreciation recapture at the end of the 10 year hold period, at least for the portion of your investment attributable to the original gain that you invested in the project. 

People have talked about improving the photos, and that's absolutely something you need to do.

The platform is heavily supported by AI, offering insights that go beyond tenant retention, including tenant health scores, engagement analytics, maintenance efficiency, payment patterns, and property performance comparisons.RentKeep integrates with property management systems like Buildium and AppFolio, functioning as parallel software to help property managers truly understand the data behind their properties.

For most it’s a colossal waste of time and energy.

I got really good at all these things and found the most efficient way to do all these things with hard work.

Gardening maintenance is deductible as it’s not an improvement.

Regulation has slowed the market and made it harder to be an operator.I've never operated my Airbnb to its maximum efficiency because of the time it takes. 

Then make improvements to force appreciation.Many people want to buy turnkey especially in the STR market. 

We now budget for vacations, home improvements, car savings, medical savings, Christmas fund, etc...