So from a pure tax deduction standpoint, nothing changes by simply moving the title to an LLC.Here’s what does matter for tax purposes:Your ability to use losses: Even if the property is generating a paper loss (thanks to depreciation, repairs, etc.), you're often limited to $25,000 of passive losses per year—and that phases out completely if your modified adjusted gross income (MAGI) exceeds $150,000.Real Estate Professional Status (REPS) or the STR Loophole: To use rental losses to offset W-2 or other active income, you must either:Qualify as a Real Estate Professional (750+ hours, primarily in real estate) and materially participate in the property.Or, if it's a short-term rental (average stay under 7 days), materially participate (100+ hours and more than anyone else) to convert it from passive to non-passive—even without REPS.Standard deduction vs. itemizing: You mentioned your CPA said deductions didn’t help due to the standard deduction.

Lately, we've been doing Pure Life Water, Kind Breakfast Bar, microwave popcorn, and a Moon Pie Mini (Moon Pies are from Chattanooga, our market). 

It gets you in with less cash and teaches you how to manage a property.If you’re set on going the pure investment route and local numbers stay too tight, consider investing out of state in smaller, more affordable markets.

They are purely transactional..

Crew is controlled by Blake Wettengal and Tanya Muro.Paul Whittaker 02:49 PM Just to clarify, are the current distribution pauses for The Element and Tailor Lofts purely temporary, with the expectation that investors—like the E.H.

What I love about Self Storage as a Controller/CFO it is pure Math.Start small and Make Your Big Mistakes Early.  

I come from an immigrant household where I saw my father working 6-7 days a week, yet still showing up to every soccer game, school function, and family dinner, and still go from being an employee to employer through pure work ethic & integrity.

Auto dealers receive an 85% hang up rate you could ay that's 8 out of 10 which is wasted lead or call.Do not believe the saying there is no bad lead, thats pure BS! 

The key is how you structure it.You could absolutely buy it as a primary residence (since one of you will live there) — that keeps your financing rate lower than if you bought it purely as an investment.

This is especially true when you don't have systems in place—and there's a limit to what you can automate when you have a full-time job that isn’t property management.For me, the decision to invest out of state has always been a purely numbers-driven one.