You can hear real-world examples of how others have built their investment portfolio and (hopefully) learn to avoid their mistakes.4.

And you would only qualify for that if your primary job (where you spend the most hours) is in a real estate field, but also it has to be at a business that you own at least 5% of (so W-2 income typically doesn't qualify). 

For example using the Lowe's card at Lowe's gets you 5% off at the register.

I would typically consider normal wear and tear, unless there were repeated attempts to mount the TV unsuccessfully, such as missing the studs multiple times, which I have observed on numerous occasions.

We typically have an operating budget of $600-$700m in the county of Maui. 

Good schools and great neighborhoods typically means higher purchase price and lower cash flow.

A simple example is baseboards: if they're considered permanently attached to the wall like being glued on they're treated as a long life asset, it would damage the wall to remove it so it's like part of the wall; on the other hand if it's easily removable like being tacked or nailed onto the wall it qualifies for 5 year.

@Henry Hsieh typical penny-wise, dollar-foolish approach.Investors make more money finding deals than they do pinching pennies doing DIY management.Or, is your time not worth much?

Can check the docs but if its a townhome typically HOA does not cover anything on the property iteself.3. 1-2 months?

For example, I've seen where a hobbyist investor/developer works on project, they hire an engineer and/or architect, but they ended up missing something vital, i.e. drainage issues, environmental, fire dept review, planning the wrong type of product for that market (buyer & renter demographic), etc.