The second piece is whether or not you pass the Material Participation Tests found in IRC 469 and the third piece is whether your participation rises to the level of Substantial Services (think hotel, B&B).4) My CPA Says I can't deduct a loss that was generated! 

After the pandemic, I started to raise her rent the allowable rent every year, but at this rate...So the issue now is she has two cats already and then one day i go by, and there is a loose dog running around the property.

My market has a low vacancy rate.

; we have a 92% combined occupancy rate on our two properties.I really like the update to FF's listings, on desktop and mobile, especially the use of photos.

For my calculation, I've assumed $1200/yr utility paymentsSeller is asking for $5,25k, but according to my calculating a fair price at 7.5% cap rate woud be $4,80k.What do you guys think?

25% down conventional loan. 6.499% rate on investment property, happened to lock rate at the best time of the year a couple days before rates started to go back up.

The monthly profit can be anywhere from a few hundred dollars to a few thousand dollars depending on the size, condition, and rental rate of the property. 

Is it at a high rate of interest?

The borrowers pay significantly less for those appraisals; they usually lack vital information, tend to be performed to much more “lax” standards, and often lack good decision making as to comps, capitalization rates, and adjustments of value between the subject property and the comps.  

@Mitch MesserJust got my property tax assessments and they've been rising.