The more you know, the better equipped you'll be to make smarter decisions. 

Others will come to clean, and you'll need to even provide the cleaning equipment, not to mention all the other items listed previously.  

I have 2 tax questions:1)  I added a encapsulated crawl space to my rental house: How do i depreciate this item (do I add it to the valve of the house (do i include just the equipment or can I also add the labor portion) or do i depreciate it separately.

That will equip you with the knowledge to identify what's a deal and what's not.Run numbers for the deals you see to determine an offer price.

I feel a bit helpless when I see a run down property with potential (usually listings in Bethlehem) because I'm not equipped with the team needed to fix it up for optimal rent and eventual refi (I am a buy and hold investor). 

No matter where you decide, it is make or break to have your team and one where your core team member, your real estate professional, can connect you to the contractor(s) you need, the property management groups, and lenders who are best equipped to help you when you are operating mostly passively. 

The contractor pulled all his equipment to other jobs 3 weeks ago . 

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You say your other properties are ok which tells me it isn't the heat itself but that this property is not equipped to handle it. 

This location is in a 1mm population metro area, 230 units, and costis about $1,800,000 all in.Limits of Insurance:Coverage:Liability andMedical Expenses $2,000,000/$4,000,000Occurrence/Aggregate Comprehensive Business Liability $2,000,000 Any OnePerson Personal & Advertising Injury$4,000,000 AggregateProducts Completed Operations Aggregate $2,000,000 Any OneFire Fire Damage $25,000 OccurrenceCustomers' Goods Legal Liability Deductible: $0 $25,000 AggregateSale and Disposal Liability Deductible: $1,000 $10,000 Any OnePerson Medical Payments $1,000,000 Occurrence Hired Non-Owned $300,000 EachEmployee Employee Benefits Liability $25,000/$25,000 PerClaim/Aggregate Employment Practices Liability Loc Class DescCoverage Limit Ded Valuation Type 1 Self-StorageBlanketBuilding & Business Personal Replacement Cost Property$2,100,000 $25,000 EarthquakeIncluded SinkholeIncluded Windstorm orHail Included 5%BusinessIncome Actual Loss Sustained 24 Months PollutionClean-Up & Removal $100,000 Employee Dishonesty$15,000 Money &Securities - Inside $10,000 Money &Securities - Outside $5,000 Accounts Receivable$25,000 Electronic Data$20,000 Valuable Papers &Records $25,000 Fine Arts $10,000Employee PersonalProperty $10,000 Limited PollutantRemoval $25,000/$100,000 Cosmetic LossLimitation Included Equipment BreakdownProtection Included Premium, Fees, andTaxes: BOP Premium: $ 7,760.00 Optional TerrorismPremium: $ 31.00 Total Premium:$ 7,791.00 Key notes:a.