all materials, all labor costs to others, Not you, utilities, interest payments, permits, licenses, auto/truck expenses, tools needed are all deductable. 

Professional PMs use specialized tools to verify income directly with a tenant’s bank or payroll service, ensuring legitimacy.

If you control how they perform tasks, set their hours, or provide tools, they should likely be a W-2 employee, requiring you to withhold taxes and comply with payroll regulations.

Your team can provide valuable insight and help you avoid costly mistakes down the line.5.

Be sure to check out the free tools BP provides to help analyze deals you may have and also market insights.

It will make the loans more valuable if you ever decide to sell them and decreases the chances of default. 

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This allows many groups (I know the crew at Easy Street can do this) even close a loan in a week or less.They'll stay off of your personal credit, while not impacting your personal debt to income which is valuable as you start to scale.

My goal is to build a data-driven tool that provides actionable insights into which neighborhoods and property types are in the highest demand, based on metrics like:Time on market: How quickly rentals are being leased.Property characteristics: Bedrooms, bathrooms, size, and amenities.Pricing trends: Rental rates relative to market demand and property features.Visual quality: Leveraging property photos to analyze the style and condition of rentals that perform well.The tool will allow users to:Pinpoint areas with the fastest rental turnovers.Understand what types of properties (size, price range, features) rent the quickest.Gain deeper insights into property presentation and amenities that correlate with high demand.Thank you in advance for your feedback.

Has anyone used the DIY tool, and are there risks?