While the heater issue adds extra stress, addressing it promptly will protect you from further fines and penalties.

It happened to coincide with Hurrican Harvey and we flooded during the rehab. 212 extended the HM loan without any extra fees for 4 months until December 31 2017.

So, by transferring income from a rental schedule E to a business schedule C you're creating a significant extra tax.

Real estate investmnets are capital intensive and if you don't have extra money sitting around to make the emergency repair when it happens you'll find yourself in a terrible position. 

Door locks are all coded and changeable right from my cell from anywhere.

There are a lot of other strategies one can try, but what you do is the lowest risk, the most predictable outcome and takes the least amount of time and energy.I always suggest to use an extra time an investor has to think about building or buying a business that generates cash to accelerate the growth curve. 

Yes buying distressed property is a good way to get extra profit.  

It sounds like a few people on this thread don't really understand how PMC's operate or why they may charge extra fees.

For me, this is just a few extra bucks I have to pay to the CPA industrial complex.

In many markets section 8 is higher than market rate. and investors need that extra return to mitigate the risk of sec 8 tenants generally speaking.