Posted 3 day notice, then, bam, out and code enforcement and the police came and watched me change the locks and posted no one could enter the property. 

I'm gonna tag @Elise Bickel Tauber in this post as she's definitely the right person for you to get in touch with in terms of investing in the Pittsburgh market - smart move by the way. 

I agree with the thoughts of everyone else on this post.

We need more information to be able to accurately answer that.

This is kinda a poll - more than a post. 

Originally posted by @Trevor Osgood:I bought a property in a borough near Pittsburgh.

This scenario could take shape in form of: Housing Corp.

I could (but not in a forum post) coach you how to categorize things for our firm, but guess what - your CPA may still want to change it to their preferences.

Thanks for your post @Stella Jack.   

For background information, I'm a W-2 contract employee who makes 80k+ a year and I have been working at this job since January of this year.