For $45/month, you get $5,000 in rental coverage for things like missed rent, excessive damage, excessive cleaning, pet damage, and eviction costs.

Probably 99% of the properties in Texas never redeem....so you get a big FAT government guaranteed 0% interest rate.   

You could suggest them to put their rent into escrow until the leak is rectified, but a rent decrease seems a bit excessive unless the kitchen is totally destroyed and or unusable. 

Fat fingers, lol!

(I can just do more tIRA withdrawals to tweek AGI to suit)2.) 5 yr carry forward of excess deductions - (could use to draw down ~$800k tIRA BEFORE RMD or more Roth rolls)Situation: Very desirable but very hard to sell income property (older (1979) small, low value Mobile home,(home = ~1/6th the value of property - Banks don't lend with that ratio) Beautiful acreage, (3) large shops, pond, barns, Very livable cabin (knotty pine!)

Excess business losses are capped for single individuals at $250,000 and for married individuals at $500,000, with any surplus being suspended and carried forward.

You're thinking far further steps ahead and weathering the volatility to reap likely more a fat-tails esque reward which likely does happen at the turn of the next inflation wave(not this secondary one coming up).From 08-16 you could do the former, from 17 fwd it's best to the do the latter.

Being a part time agent is no longer a viable "side hustle" because it requires a much higher level of skill to get listings than it does to tell your friends "work with me, it's free, sellers pay me"I love it.You can tell by the lack of response’s to this thread just how dominated by agents bp has become 🤣 Cutting the fat bro, it's gonna be good for those of us who operate on an elite level.

As for the median American in my age group, yes I'm way beyond that and I attribute that success to the following:- Willing to delay gratification on a regular basis- Willing to do jobs no one else wants to do- Willing to work long hours for results (a strong work ethic)- Willing to take calculated but high upside/low downside risks- Willing to allow the "fruits of my labor" to be returned to the business instead of paying for a lavish lifestyle- A strong commitment to these principles by my spouse- A strong run of being healthy enough to work to produce excess profits- The fortuitous grace of being born and growing up in the United States, where opportunities for financial success are everywhere and accessible to anyone- A splash of luck at being in the "right place at the right time"

Some are standard companies and others are Specialty/Excess markets.