Not a full fledged house hack, but enough to take the sting out of the rate we got.Not all of Citrus Heights is the same, but the area near Fair Oaks/Orangevale/Carmichael has a good balance of price and quality.

Where comps come in to to compare "cap Rates"  (a measure of financial performance) of recent sales. 

As a real estate agent, I work with a lot of investors and home owners in the south shore excited about this and looking to take advantage of it. 

One of the most important lessons in real estate is that you never fall in love with the deal.

For example over the last four to five years a lot of people went out and bought STRs thinking it was going to be a great investment only to find out that the numbers did not work a year later and needed to try to use it as a LTR to make ends meet. 

This will then allow me to do a sewer scope if/when the inspector finds a sign of a potential backup.

Lots of information and great connections here. 

Given the fact that if  there is a gain a future year the prior year loss can offset it, it seems that one would want to file the loss so they can offset that gain.

I am a realtor in the St.

Hey everyone,I'm in the process of purchasing a multi-family apartment building and just discovered none of the current tenants have any kind of move-in inspection.