Here is the finished product on Zillow https://www.zillow.com/homedet...The New Western agent reported during our review “Even though Femi was successful, I suggested on at least one occasion that he reconsider if investing in distressed properties is right for him due to his personality type.”Notably, Femi wasn’t the only party performing due diligence on the property.

Note, I only used straight-line depreciation so line 26 is blank/0's.I have filled out the Unrecaptured Section 1250 Gain Worksheet in the Schedule D instructions.

Properties never perform the way you think they will and on the rare occasion you actually profit, it's pure luck, not skill.

@Frank Patalano As for myself and the analogy of not pulling the trigger; it is more along the lines of, I’m pulling the trigger but the gun is only shooting blanks.

I've witnessed this on many occasions.

Now with a blank canvas I got my contractors together and painted the picture.

The unit is coming up for rent again soon and I'm wondering if I am opening myself up for a claim of discrimination with this process - where a tenant who is not chosen could claim that I rented to someone else based on their (fill in the blank of protected class)?

The only change to the existing law was to expand the definition of "Provide real estate brokerage services" to include the following:Regardless of whether the activity is engaged in for another person, engaging in the buyer or selling, offering to buy or sell, or marketing of real estate or otherwise dealing in contracts, including assignable contracts, for real estate or options on real estate, on two or more occasions in any 12-month period.Principals buying and selling on their own account clearly fall within this expanded definition.

Also, I was assuming that the utilities, being payed by the tenants, could be left blank?

I was never made aware that anyone had a family member pass and if anything I was always understanding to any type of family emergencies, power outtages, etc that happened on numerous occasions.