Emphasize that your offer reflects the necessary repairs and the costs associated with fixing up the property.

This longer period might reflect more buyer deliberation or market cooling.Median Time to Sales: The total median time to sales also rose by 16.9%, from 77 days to 90 days, reinforcing the trend of longer decision-making periods.Active Inventory: Inventory levels soared by 56.8%, with 9,588 units available compared to 6,116 last year.

Of course your lease agreement and lease amount should reflect that in a way that it incentivizes them to take the deal... don't expect to get a good deal by charging them market/above-market rent if you *really* want the property. 

The primary determinant (beyond the tax implications) is whether the lender will underwrite and permit the borrower to close in a company or require the individuals to be reflected on title. 

Indian Rocks Beach is the most attractive turn-key option, but the price points reflect that.  

How one pays their other bills is not on a renter, the only factor the renter should he focused on is: can they afford the rent, and does their rental history reflect that.

This is in additional to sound real estate (asset and submarket) and sound operator (operator = property management) and strong syndicator/investment manager/asset manager.Potential upside of buying now: if rates do as the forward curve reflects, you could be buying near the bottom.  

I personally believe Path of Progress is the winner given how much easier the analysis and projections are of such, but maybe I am bias, I find it very easy to identify and project such but again could be reflection of time in it. 

All:I've recently passed my 15th anniversary of buying my first investment property and have been reflecting on what I've done right and wrong in those years.

This is reflected on Schedule E, where most of us are already being as tax efficient as possible.