Other than reduced bonus depreciation (if you're using that strategy), without any tax law changes, rates will be largely the same for 2025 as 2024, so you may not lose much by delaying receipt of the bonus by a month or two. 

For the properties that are normal and make sense to purchase, the current owner in default, as time to lose property gets more closer, gets desperate and ends up finding a way to get current.  

Turnkey is safer, much harder to get your net yields to pencil, and you lose out on building immediate equity through renovation.

Warren Buffett has a rule 1 of investing, which is "don't lose money

I'm still going to lose all my CF on this rental it looks like. 

the market is unforgiving right now, and if you buy a random property by looking on Zillow and turn it over to people you don't know to manage, you'll lose money.with respect to your specific question, if the property is safe, clean, and priced correctly, it will rent. but that doesn't mean you'll make money on it. 

There are drops in other areas including big cities and rural areas and areas that are losing population. 

The fact someone wanted to show a 20% versus a 15% return by using a lower interest rate, meant increased risk, which you either win or lose, since you're gambling.2. 

For instance, if the neighboring unit has a shut-in chain-smoker, or the house has railroad tracks behind it, it is definitely better to let a lead know and lose them than to not disclose, upset them and lose them (after they leave a nasty review).I'd agree with Jonathan that even late complaints need to be taken seriously, and barring some obvious malfeasance, I would just take the word of the resident and fix the issue.

I’m under the impression this is because if there is any rental income, it will go right to her care, not sure if she would lose the Medicare benefits.