Confirm with a tax pro.

I assume that by "charge" you mean assigning expenses within your expense tracking software.

We've had really good bang for buck value with Zumper as far as ILS goes.We also bought a matterport camera and create a virtual tour of each available rental which creates a nice interactive way for prospective tenants to see a space and get an idea for its layout before touring.We use Appfolio for management software and it pushes the listings automatically out to any ILS who will listen which has been a huge help not having to list the same property on multiple sites. 

If you decide to self-manage, you need to consider (at least):-management software (rent management, communications, maintenance requests and tracking, etc.)

Would someone confirm if this is true or false. 

Sorry for tagging you Carlos, theres no thread reply option.Mike & Chris have made some VERY observant comments.Relative to John's comment, the thousands of tech workers (mostly software) that have been layed off may not think the economy is in a soft landing.

There are PMS software that will host direct booking sites as part of their service. 

My #1 resource was the undisputable champion of market confirmations, just randomly talking to people.

Please keep this in mind and confirm the investment is still sound since, technically, you'll be responsible for utilities.

Tenants pay electric / gas / water. these percentages were from the numbers i inputted in the software.