You'll still get people who respond with "STOP" or "UNSUBSCRIBE", but you will get a large number of people who say "NO' or "PASS".You still want to remove these contacts manually from your database to prevent them from inadvertently being messaged again. 

While rental income is indeed considered passive under IRC §469, that doesn't prevent you from claiming a home office deduction if you meet the requirements.What You Need to Qualify: 📋A dedicated space used exclusively for managing your rentalsRegular and substantial management activitiesThis must be your principal place for conducting these activitiesThe Legal Foundation: ⚖️The Tax Court in Curphey v.

Moreover, it allows you to set the terms of the lease agreement according to your preferences, which can help prevent misunderstandings and disputes in the future. 

My conclusion is that take the provided ROI calculations from REI as purely estimates.

They help prevent after-sale tenant disputes or surprises about matters that originated with the former owner.

Do any of the tenants have Dogs (Breed restrictions are individual to each company).These may not prevent you from getting insurance but they may limit the number of companies willing to insure it.

I told him to pull out everything that might have gotten wet, get everything dry (to prevent mold), and make sure it was done right. 

It does have that unique look, but I would probably get rid of it because it is right in the middle of that space preventing you from using that space better.

Now you can advertise it as having a sump pump to prevent future water damage when you can sell.

Unfortunately due to the business you choose to operate incidents like the one you experienced are more likely to occur compared to a property that's continually occupied by a tenant where the water would more likely be run at a higher frequency which would prevent the pipes from freezing.