You're not going to walk away exclusively with feelings of pain or pleasure as-in feeling like you "paid for nothing" or "overpaid" if no defects in the sewer line are found OR feelings of "it was worth every penny" or "thank god I had it done" if defects were found. 

We've had a handful of nurses stay there since 2021, but it's not exclusive to them.We're renovating the basement of our next house hack and it's in City of Alexandria closer to the existing Inova hospital and the new Landmark development.

You could also consider combining your Section 121 exclusion with a 1031 Exchange (if you can identify a property in time). 

In my observation, many people incorrectly think there str is exclusively a real estate investment, it isn't.

Also, the one owner has lived there rent free for 12 years and will get capital gains exclusion for primary residence.

This is something that is not exclusive to Smartland, almost every property manger budgets like that, but I think it's deceptive and can be a big deal when you're already dealing with thin margins. 

Plus, some lenders might want to see 'national' tenants in the commercial space exclusively.

Dealers cannot do 1031 exchanges, cannot do installment sales, and cannot take depreciation, all of which are reserved exclusively for "investors" who are not considered "dealers".  

If you do have a separate account for the resident, modify the lease to require them to pay you back 100% (it must be exclusively for the use of the resident).  

s point, we use QuickBooks Online exclusively for all of our REI Clients but I've heard great things about Xero.