2) Cleaning and maintenance- can I deduct new household appliances?

The Section 8 Housing Program offers financial assistance to access low-cost housing, sometimes referred to as the housing choice voucher program.According to the latest figures, about 2.2 million households by low-income earners receive subsidized rent through the section 8 housing choice voucher program.Since the government takes care of a large chunk of rent payment, the section 8 multifamily subsidized housing program has a massive advantage over traditional rental contracts.

According to my tenant, tenant became aware of this and so did a number of households on the block.

besides the obvious of making sure the well will support two house holds, has a good pump, etc., you will want to test the water regularly to make sure that it is safe to drink.  

@Lakshmi Nikitha DuggiralaEast Garfield is a very rough part of town.Lets take a look at the dataThe first chart shows the various income cohorts within East Garfield.Note the very high frequency of households making under 10k Vacancy rates are also very high, at 16.5%.

Have been following along in the background for a while as I've been steadily growing my turn-key portfolio.So far ours have all been strictly self-funded, with our household discretionary income, and we have limited ourselves to conventional lending.Have wanted to get into more of a rehab model, and also start using hard money/portfolio lending, but was hesitant to do so as I was still building my team on the ground remotely from across the country.Luckily, everything has been stable, and it looks like I should be able to get that underway shortly.

Census data has things like number of housing units, persons per household, education level attained, etc.  

As an active buyer of apartment complexes of 100+ units, market selection is very important to a successful outcome.For the last seven years I’ve focused heavily on the major Texas markets, and that approach has been good to me, but 2016 is the year that I see a stronger potential to branch out to other markets as well.To that end, I’ve researched population & job growth, wage growth, net migration, costs of doing business, median home prices, housing affordability & starts, rent/cost of ownership ratio, rent as a percentage of household income, vacancy, rent growth, and other economic and demographic indicators. 

What I find helpful is to outline your qualification criteria (household income 3x times rent, 1 year of continuous employment, a certain credit score, etc.) on the application, that way undesirable tenants can screen themselves by not applying or if you happen to turn down a candidate, you have documentation supporting your case and why you did so.Another point in regards to your "verifiable income for a year question" is: you can have the candidate list employer references, which will allow you to contact their supervisor/manager and ask about their employment status and in this case their employment history. 

Looking for comments on what I have so far and what has worked well for you.Here is what I have so far:-Complete the rental application in full, no false information-View the property in person-Ability to pay deposit and first months rent within 24 hours of approval-Household income of at least 3x rent-1 year of stable documented income (job, govt assistance, ect)-Positive rental history or cosigner that meets all requirements -No landlord tenant issues (judgement, evictions, broken leases, damages, ect) for 5 years-Current on all bills (excluding medical)What are your thoughts?