You’d still be using your funds, but by delaying ownership transfer, the expense would fall under your ownership period, making you eligible for depreciation.Discuss these options with your tax advisor to ensure everything is structured properly for IRS purposes.

But it seems that if I'm wanting to provide these services, I'm not eligible for schedule E passive reporting, and my house-hacking losses will be active losses.

If you can expand upon on your post by highlighting neighborhood fundamentals that indicate the neighborhood is going to change we can have an entirely different conversation  but I did not get that feeling based on the information you shared.

This surge creates a strategic opportunity for mezzanine debt and preferred equity investors, especially for projects with solid fundamentals.

After 12 months you are eligible to move out and do the same strategy on your next property.

Speaking with more people will help me on a fundamental level (I like to know things in and out).

I believe that Tesla has fundamentally changed Reno/Sparks. 

@Addie Burchell first off, your starting with a fundamentally flawed framework, so as they say GIGO (Garbage-in, garbage-out), as in you will never get a correct output answer as long as input framework is flawed as it is here. 

Both have strong fundamentals, good schools, low crime rates, and job growth → which are critical drivers of long-term property value.

Hi Justin,Just like others have mentioned, if you’ve lived in the property as your primary residence for at least two out of the last five years, you may be eligible to exclude up to $250,000 of capital gains if you’re single, or up to $500,000 if you’re married and filing jointly, under the Section 121 exclusion.