Especially any landscaping updates because tenants won't take care of it.

It doesn't hurt if you don't care if you get the property or not.

All the IRS cares is that the taxpayer is the same. 

The deposit amount when working with a lender comes from the lender - it is basically the amount of skin the lender wants you to have in the game. 

Rental arbitrage can be a great way to start with Airbnb if approached carefully.

However, you must take care of the reason why it's happening.  9 times out of 10, it's a leaky pipe behind the wall or a humidity issue.

That could be a good opportunity, but underwriting of a seller-financed fix-and-flip deal requires careful analysis.

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I don't care what the reason is; once they put the deposit down, they are under contract.

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