One thing I learned is slow and steady wins the race.

I’m in Melbourne FL (1 hour east of Orlando) and the market is slow without much interest. 

Slow is smooth, smooth is fast.  

Due to item 1, adding an ADU can require years to start achieving any return (once the accumulated cash flow recovers the initial negative position).4) Adding an ADU is a slow process.

Now, our tenant’s rental insurance company is refusing to pay for the moving expenses and temporary housing stating that the claim was due to a slow leak and they stated they don’t cover claims resulting from slow leaks.

I'm in Charleston and our market has hardly slowed despite rates.

Depreciation helps reduce the taxable rental profit, potentially bringing it to zero or even creating a loss, which can carry forward to offset future rental income or other capital gains.For high wage earners, other tax strategies could include leveraging cost segregation studies to accelerate depreciation on rental properties through bonus depreciation, taking advantage of tax-deferred exchanges (like a 1031 exchange), or maximizing deductions related to property expenses (mortgage interest, property taxes, insurance, repairs, etc.).

Windows should operate properlyIf other appliances don't work well, if there are slow drains, if you have leaks, faulty outlets, etc - this is what you will keep running back to the house to fix.If you have lived there for some time, take a piece of paper and write down some of the things that really bothered you while living there.

Cost segregation can help boost cash flow, create substantial tax savings, and increase the profitability of the warehouse operation by accelerating depreciation.A cost segregation study is a strategic tax planning tool that separates the assets that have a shorter useful life and can be depreciated over 5, 7 and 15 years from the residential rental property or nonresidential real property that are depreciated over 27.5 and 39 years, respectively.

We're finally seeing some of the incomplete developments being back-filled, yet dilapidated suburbs and subdivisions are found in areas where economic development slowed and later stopped leaving job loss and abandoned homes in its wake.