Everyone seems to talk about including the costs of the new mortgage, taxes, insurance, maintenance & capital reserves, and the vacancy projections when looking at realistic cashflow, which we already do for all the properties in our rental portfolio.But we, like many, cant find properties that are making any cashflow sense right now.

You can also import lists if you've gotten one from a gov office, like probates or tax liens.  

Keep all receipts and submit with your taxes as a business deductionAssuming you make over $3000 in passive income, you can probably deduct $3000 as a passive expense.That's how I look at it.

I would charge one million dollars for each closed deal in assignment fees, IF MARKET CONDITIONS ALLOWED ME.

Personally I wouldn't use Zillow, I can only imagine they want to introduce a future fee for the service.

Many leases state that any fees, utilities, etc are "payable as rent".

I am wondering what the tax implications of this are?

@Greg ScottAbout the only other factor to consider is the tax write-off on the interest.

Eviction Fee?

My property taxes are high - around 9k a year.I’ve been out of touch with the market this year dealing with an illness and I’m trying to make the best decision cause this is my lifetime investment and extra income.