For example an email to your property management company dated pre-departure or something.Another thing that the book stated was that the IRS tax code uses the words "ordinary" and "necessary" for expense write offs. 

RepeatIt was AFTER listening to his podcast last year that I started buying in Cleveland....I only have a couple of duplexes and an SFR out there......but I'm growing.

I am seriously considering growing my rental investment portfolio until we can quit working comfortably.

My plan at the moment is to get a unsecured line of credit for my business and start small, like flipping mobile homes and grow from there.

Syndicators like me are always looking for new partners in various metropolitan areas to grow our portfolio together.Cheers, Ken ;-)

I use 2% in a stable growing market.

I am looking to do similar and am in the process of educating myself on Japanese Real Estate to do some multi-family investing (to house hack at first, and grow a portfolio beyond). 

I have an IRA (used to be a 401k from another previous employer several years ago) which I use with an Edward Jones retirement strategist to help it grow over the next 20+ years. 

You want to focus on the market (growing pop/jobs > natl avg);  deal (conservative underwriting, simple value add plan) and experienced  teams.  

Expenses growing is part of the game, nothing is static.