Look at all of the losses you can count against your rental income.Now look at line 18.Line 18 is usually:(Value of your property) - (Land value) / 27.5 years.

After communicating with a prospective resident (Google Voice #, usually by text), with just a name, telephone number and email, the applicant can pay $55 to provide us with a background, eviction and credit check.

Also, co-living situations or top performing short-term rentals can produce a pretty high cash on cash return but again they are pretty active with a high turnover of tenants and guests unless you find someone else to manage them and then you are usually paying a good portion of the profits to the manager.But let's say that you have a job and are not interested in fixing and flipping or a high turnover type of investment and you would rather be a more passive investor.

I struggle with podcasts because they show a slice but not usually a start-to-finish how-to and you could invest countless hours (like I did) listening to many podcasts to piece things together.

That way my ad never changes.I have normal pictures and description copied from my Vrbo ad.

Usually on the “not” side if the tub gets heavy use. 

Most plumbers have camera systems that can go 100's of feet usually and it is pretty easy.

The airfare, though, is usually 100% deductible even if you mix business with some pleasure.

Quote from @Conrado Balicusto: Quote from @Chris Seveney: @Ryan DaultonWe use it for private lending - because the tax benefits are lost with real estate When lending usually it’s taxed at ordinary income rates if using your own cash so using a sdira I prefer for lending and my w2 income savings for real estate to maximize tax efficiency  Thank you for the insight on private lending and tax efficiency.

I definitely get most of my information here + my software email updates usually keep me pretty well informed.