2) Owners NEVER take into account the time required to:- Evaluate & select materials- Order materials- Pick up materials- Coordinate access with tenant- Dispose of waste- Scan and process receipts2) According to Angie's List, labor cost can be $250 to $700https://www.angi.com/articles/how-much-does-microwave-instal... 

Despite my efforts to educate them on this topic, they remain convinced.

Occupancy has remained strong and PadSplit is hitting new booking records regularly.Here are some articles to review in the meantime:1. https://www.padsplit.com/host-resources/news/how-affordable-...2. https://www.padsplit.com/host-resources/news/why-padsplit-is...

Even the most active moderators tend to stick to specific forum topics.

Assume that you could meet with the CEO and give him some direction or write articles about how great the stock was and cause its value to go up. 

Here are some previous posts about the potential reality of investing in these types of markets: https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/12/topics/1171104-the-m...https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/48/topics/1159104-overl…

But, if she were to transition to a job in the RE sector, she would develop a skillset that would enable her to take this much further and in her own direction.I have a couple reasons for posting this topic: the main one is that I think this is a good topic for discussion in the BP forums.

As far as I know there isn't clear guidance on this topic from the IRS, but most professionals take a similar view as Melanie above.

Can you please share the form, thank youYou might consider this more recent thread https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/51/topics/816680-real-e... 

I wrote a long post about the basics of depreciation if you want to understand it better:https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/51/topics/1121063-expla...2.