Hello BP members, I am diving into the numbers for some potential deals, and I am looking into whether I should charge for electric/utilities.

I eventually transitioned to Airbnb and rent the place out on a nightly basis.

I don't see the real estate market flipping over night to deals everywhere, but as a wise man once said, "future is difficult to predict, because it is always changing". 

Generally if you average 7 or fewer nights or 8-30 nights and provide "substantial" services such as tours, house cleaning during a stay, meals, etc you DO have to pay self employment tax.Kudos to this CPA site (tarlow. com/2018/01/02/tax-ramifications-short-term-rental/):"When property is rented for short periods, special (and sometimes complex) taxation rules come into play, which can make the rents excludable from taxation; other situations may force the rental income and expenses to be reported on Schedule C (as opposed to Schedule E).If you have been renting your home or second home for short periods of time, here is a synopsis of the rules governing short-term rentals so you can prepare yourself for the upcoming tax season.Rented for Fewer Than 15 Days During the Year: If you rent your property for fewer than 15 days during the tax year, the rental income is not reportable, and the expenses associated with that rental are not deductible.

I helped him clean the place up last night and have plans to meet him and the potential buyer at the property tonight.

We just had a meeting last night.

I check emails in the middle of the night, answer phone calls on my personal cell and constantly am available for my clients.

I’m actually finally going to dive into multifamily (apartments) investing.  

Hello everyoneWe would like to dive in the real estate investment world somewhere, US or Canada...My husband and I currently live in the US with visas so we are both resident aliens.

Upgrading the units would dive of the rent and price the current tenant out and the neighborhood would not attract the higher rent paying tenant.