Normally, the discussion is about real estate (in general), sports, food or other benign topics.I never make any attempt to influence anything related to the appraisal (appraisers aren't stupid and as I'm sure you can figure out, I'm not charismatic enough to influence anyone :) -- I just try to build a nice rapport and hope that the good feelings will translate into an appraisal on the higher end of the perfectly valid range.

Lots of hassles since you are not supposed to do ANYTHING with it, including writing a check to pay for someone else doing work on it and other such benign things, and rentals have lots of tax advantages anyway.  

Allowing us to have more homes that are slowly paying themself off for maximum cash flow in 20-30 years.So honestly without benign difficult it "really" depends on your goals and comfort.

Trade or business activities like spec home development, flipping, and STR can be taxable as Unrelated Business Taxable Income and the impact there is less benign than the tax on leverage.Using an IRA to hold real estate can be a good way to diversify and secure your future - if you know what you are doing.  

However, investing 200 k in a condo in Mexico is a pretty benign issue for many middle-class Americans and and they're doing just that in ever increasing numbers.

Mixed use properties with a benign commercial space (barber shop or salon) could be a great option for you.

Foreclosures are negligible relative to benign (or stressed periods).

Beats me...now that I buy mostly 150+ unit buildings, buying houses in my personal portfolio is about as exciting as a prostate exam. 

.$12,000 for singles.This seemingly benign change can adversely affect vacation-home owners, because their allowable itemized deductions (including those for vacation home mortgage interest and property taxes) may not exceed their standard deduction amount for 2018-2025.Here in Hawaii… Short term vacation rentals come with an additional tax burden of 10.25% in Hawaii, the Transient Accommodations Tax (TAT).

A more benign way to look at it is that many rentals do include water, and sometimes electricity in the rent--probably because of how the building is or how the local market is.