Quote from @Travis Troop: How do you decide what type rental is best for an area?

You can lease a vehicle that you can use for business and take section 179 depreciation ,I would advise you to talk to a savvy tax advisor for that.Are there any equipments that you ordinarily use in your W-2 job?

This is the standard which all HOA Board Members are expected to meet: "What would an ordinarily prudent person in a like position do under similar circumstances?"

@Nathan Hood, if you're holding property that you purchase with the intent of holding for productive use (meaning not primary intent of selling like a fix n flip) then you can sell that and use a 1031 exchange to defer the tax you would ordinarily pay on the gain.  

Were you close enough that he should have thought you one of the most important people in his  life and, naturally, would have ordinarily put you in his will?

Think about how that would effect the value of your asset and the return you are receiving if inflation were to take a sudden spike.Most of the analysis is common sense, real estate fundamentals, but I have seen ordinarily smart investors relax those principals locking in to what they think is a stable return only to find out the "no way that scenario could happen" actually happen.

That's something that is ordinarily paid by investors who own multifamily properties who end up paying for water. 

While military cuts seem unlikely in the next 4 years, even something as simple as troop deployment (North Korea anyone?)

Being Active Duty I know that we are aggressively increasing our troops which is a high indicator of “plans for war”.

I have troops that have pay issues all the time.