Purchase price: $25,000 Cash invested: $15,000 3 bedroom 1 1/2 bath.

One of the bedrooms in our unit is used solely as an office for our business-related work (or at least it was last year; it's a baby room this year).While reporting the rental income, and taking deductions, would it be better to file as self-employed or sole proprietor?

I live in southwest Louisiana and my full-time permanent employer provides a very nice 3 bedroom 2.5 bath home for my family to live in, rent, utility, and maintenance free.

Purchase price: $204,000 Cash invested: $71,000 Triplex - 2 Bedroom 1 Bath Units + 4 Car Garage.

Importance of Being In-Tune With Your Local Market - knowing what your rents are for different bedroom types for section 8 and non section 8 (or market) tenants is key.

I know some investors that have been adding bedrooms/bathrooms to houses, Opening floor space, doing short term rentals, etc. 

My thought is to buy a small property with a few bedrooms, maybe a small kitchen, within cycling distance of where we will live.

2 bedroom houses do not rent for $2000/month in Madison.Closing costs will be more than 2000. 

I am now building 40 beds (10 4-bedrooms) next to a university to lease them by the room.

It’s currently setup as a large studio without a kitchen, but we plan to eventually erect a wall to create a bedroom, and install a kitchenette.My question is, knowing how persnickety Portland is with regard to Airbnb, would it be a smarter strategy to rent it out on a longer-term basis to a regular tenant?