Some cities and states have “Breed-Specific Legislation” which makes it legal to exclude certain species or breeds of animals.

Your tax advisor is spot on—writing off a luxury car for your short-term rental (STR) demands solid proof of business usage; slapping a logo on the side won't cut it.The IRS lays down strict guidelines: the car must be regularly and exclusively used for business, excluding occasional STR trips or grocery runs.

- assuming 500hrs each, we have spent enough time this year to get to that but wondering if thats a red flag for IRS with high chance of getting audited (we travelled 7 times over the past year to work on the unit and spend at least a week each time excluding the time we spent managing the guests)- Lastly, our understanding is that each can take 50% of the final offset to our W2 assuming we prove material participation eligibility. 

Many sponsors will model a five and ten year exit, excluding the refinance (even if the intent is to refinance).

, etc. but we're able to get & pass through some discounts at our volume.Re: garages, @Whitney Hill is on the mark again - roughly $90K (includes construction & design and excludes permit costs) is reasonable. 

Payments that you make normally fall into one of 3 buckets100% of the payment can be factored in somewhere on the returnPartial payment can be factored somewhere on the return0% of the payment can be factored in somewhere on the returnHouse-hacking also has considerable tax implications in the event that you want to sell this property.You can potentially defer a portion or all of the gain on the investment property with 1031 exclusion.You can potentially exclude a portion or all of the gain on the personal residence with section 121 exclusion

In fact, I read, “... excluded from the sale were previously originated, loans and loan servicing operations.”

The months of May and September do rent out but unsure if they would be at 100% occupancy (so want to exclude them from any calculation).Its hard to gauge what weekly rentals would be without a having a home but weekly estimate would be for the exact home but my estimates are:$3k - Conservative, $5k - Moderate, $7k - liberal (July and August), the month of June is probably a 25% reduction.

By way of example, a lender who excludes settlement costs and requires the borrower to fund the interest reserve is vastly different than a lender who includes the settlement costs and an interest reserve that’s capitalized in the loan.

Is really more an observation about the whole country not specifically bout investing, Mexico is a very corrupt country and I don`t believe real estate investing is excluded from that corruption.