Develop an itemized list of the various risks specific to your proposed investment, and the cost to you of each.4.

After analyzing our reviews with Chat GPT (something we should all be doing), we found this was the most commonly mentioned item in our 5-star reviews.

Cheap items will break sooner and require replacement, and will make your place look cheap overall. 

Generally people might budget 15% of incoming rent for these items.

@Jesse Jones-Smithhi. i tend not to advise people on personal residence items because... it's too personal. so i'll just pick one thing you mentioned and provide a comment. 

I'll preface by saying I'm not a tax expert, but just went through a cost segregation as a REPS and this was my view.The benefit from pulling out these items coupled with the bonus depreciation far outweighs any incrementally higher taxes in later years, by quite a large margin. 

Your attorney should be able to help with this as they will likely want to get an itemized list of projected past expenses.3.

What construction items should I be in the lookout for due to hurricanes?

& different parts of the asset can be depreciated on different schedules.To find out the useful lifespan of each component, you do a cost segregation study to analyze all of the parts.The raw land can't be depreciated so you start by giving that a value first.But other items can be depreciated on a quicker timeline.A roof, road, sidewalk, fencing, walls, gates, doors, latches, flooring, air conditioners, pavers, curbing, landscaping, etc.The IRS has a depreciation schedule for each type.Some parts are 5 yrs.

Having rental property is not what determines if you are going to take standard deduction or itemized deduction.