While I do price competitively, I am personally not competing with the "race to the bottom" lenders that will do loans for almost free because their model is volume.

My current options include: Patio pavers (rubber and stone/brick)GravelCement padNothing/stick with grassThis is currently for my residence thats a house hack but I have a rental that the shed part of this applies as well.

Definitely, correct tax preparation is vital, and there could be a huge difference in your bottom line if your CPA is not a real estate expert and does not do it right.

The bottom line is that their business models include selling educational products.

Bottom line....nothing is "grandfathered in" usually, inspectors don't care about holding costs and there are very few cosmetic only rehabs that don't require some sort of inspection.

My friend would LOVE to get to the bottom of this before they spend their time on what yields a smaller harvest.What's more valuable Skills or Stripes?

I'm looking for the most creative things people have seen or can think of, irrespective of how impactful it actually is to the bottom line or how much it would cost CapEx-wise.

It looks like transaction activity has finally bottomed, but we’re still deep in the trough.

At 24 he sees deals and works with financing that would take a lifetime to see if they started at the bottom and worked their way up.   

But any system more than, let's say, 15 yrs old, will not be that efficient and will bottom out at more like 80 d.