A screened in porch or covered patio probably is a worse place to start than if you were starting from scratch with a 2 bedroom with no patios

For a”flip”, cap gains do not apply....it’s ordinary earned income tax along with self employment ss/med(15.3%).

Water runs down the street, and enters a thoroughly inadequate drain - it is both small and horizontal so it clogs easily - and then over flows, running down the stairs to the lower patio.

The only thing they dismantled the dilapidated backyard patio that was erected without a permit.

"How much will this landscaping / patio / deck increase the value of my home.

Generally speaking this would be an advertising expense for the business as long as the cost is ordinary and necessary. 

There is some talk on wanting the IRS to clarify if it must be capital gains or if ordinary gains would qualify as well due to certain language that only refers to "gains"From what I have heard the reasoning behind requiring capital gains to fund OZ investments is to trigger sales and spur economic activity (you must have a sale to trigger capital gains) as well as to get some idle capital gains taxed even if they are deferred until 2026.

@Gregorio Martinez if it is held less than a year you will probably pay ordinary income on the gains which is a lot more than the capital gains rate for property held more than a year.

Homeowners can install proper screening for windows and patios to prevent no-see-ums from entering residences and outdoor areas used for leisure and entertaining.

, and 2 years worth of documentable income on w-2s would i be able to get a mortgage loan/lender from an ordinary bank or would i have to seek out some private commercial companies to get a similar type loan that doesn't have an extremely high interest rate?