Advertising is not a silver bullet to suddenly allow for deducting vs capitalizing.Geographic area has nothing to do with whether your asset is in service or not.Brandon is a talented CPA, but his attempt to squish some really complex issues into roughly 400 words left out quite a bit of detail and nuance.

And I did not leave a seminar and suddenly think I’m some real estate guru.

I actually had a tenant die quite suddenly earlier this year too.

Margins don’t **** dramatically when we shift a line as we can shift a line in 2 hours (which is very beneficial to us) if all of a sudden housing shuts down and no one builds rental communities then we can do government contracts (that won’t go away – DOD, FEMA, military housing isn’t going away).

Keep putting money away in a fund for roofs and other high priced items so the expenses do not leap out at you all of a sudden. 

Downtown areas are very hot for this service for obvious reasons and price surges add a nice bump to the income.

Here's how:If I give them back the deposit because it was "only" 6 days into the month for the notice, then where exactly do I draw the line of it suddenly not being okay with other tenants.

I would likely NOT look to try and persuade those who currently are DIY owners to all of a sudden see value in hiring me to perform that job.

If you rent to a single girl and suddenly there's a dude living there, too, well... he's a tenant now.

This is causing agida with the tenant next door who has a 60 day notice to terminate (only at the end/anniversary of the lease, then an auto-renew for another year)... who "was" planning to renew then suddenly had a change of heart and wants to immediately vacate.Im all for letting the "change of course" tenant go, however I want her to understand that Ill legally hold her accountable for rent until Ive re-rented the unit (we allow tenants to report to credit agencies as well, this one does), and I fully expect her to pay until such time.