. - Rent Collection:  What is the best software for rent collections? 

Without getting into all the nitty gritty details, I’ve got a lot of data on my tracking spreadsheet that tells me I’m only really collecting about 55 percent of the cash flow I expected for the 4 underperforming units.

How do you guys collect rent? 

The generations that played videogames day and night are now grown ups, I see multimillionaires spending a lot of money on "Collectible Pokémon cards", and they are the same ones buying lands in the metaverse.

If it's something of real value or sentimental value, I make the judgment call to store the items (aka: hold hostage) in hopes of collecting money in exchange for giving the items back.  

He never collected any security deposit from that person smh.

Giving them two extra weeks would mean I would have to collect the keys from them on Christmas and delay my new tenant from moving in.

For example, the mortgage is $1000 and i can collect rent for $750, leaving me to pay the remaining $250 for the mortgage plus utilities. 

One thing to factor is when you are collecting rent from OOS properties, that income goes towards the rent of your home. 

However, I don't believe the Property Tax deductions (Point 2.) on a Rental is restricted by the 2018 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA).Specifically Section 212 says:In the case of an individual, there shall be allowed as a deduction all the ordinary and necessary expenses paid or incurred during the taxable year:(1) for the production or collection of income;(2) for the management, conservation, or maintenance of property held for the production of income; or(3) in connection with the determination, collection, or refund of any tax.