Be sure you understand the tax benefits and the errors that are often made that limit those tax benefits or come back to bite.

@Eric AbelWho is your target customer?

Also, the $85K lot was way overpriced in 2006 and is only assessed for $65K; however, the offer has yet to be made, only calls from realtors.

I made a mistake at not filing quicker but I did file and start the process the same month.

If they wanted to keep the rental they should have made arrangements to pay the rent.

I've made a goal to purchase my first real estate investment this year. 

I've hosted properties when I lived in CA before Airbnb clauses made it into leasing contracts.

I’ve made a game of it.

I made an auto-populating spreadsheet that I derived from the same four-square worksheet, and I'm happy to share it with the BiggerPockets community.

Purchase price: $630,000 Cash invested: $120,000 I've bought this property as a short term investment as well as a property I can stay at when I want to escape Seattle weather What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?