That bad stuff happened just 2 days away from scheduled surgery to fix that module in my head that failed.Luckily I was married and owe her a bunch.  

And, yes, insurance appears on IRS Form Schedule E:I, of course, and not a tax professional, and am not up to speed about what might be unique to your particular situation that prevents being able to write these things off.But you might want to consider hiring a better tax guy, if you're being told that you "can't ever" write off property taxes!

You will report income from your rental on Schedule E.

Find a taregt area for your investment - discuss your goals with your agent and develop a strategy4.) do plenty of drive by's so you know the area and schedule showings with your agent5.) your investor agent will know contractors, property managers and other ressources you needAs for the pre-approval: it's in your own best interest to have financing lined up and ready to go before you look at properties.

Take a camera, any work you find schedule it to be done, YOUR handyman needs you to go with.. so get in there so he know's what your concerned about, next time you can send handyman by himself but this time you both go. 

I would love to offer some  assistance in the scheduling/coordination of your projects in exchange for your some of your time and expertise as I step into finding and eventually closing my first deal.

I have a closing scheduled for this Thursday (will update my flip post then) and assuming things go as planned, I think I'm going to buy a bottle of Dom Perignon!

Getting the BK stay lifted can take tons of time and be pretty unpredictable just because of the logistics of dealing with 2 different court schedules - AND savvy tenants can sometimes request more time in each venue. 

Great advice Mike, also a great warning for a lot of us who don't hear from our renters unless there is a leak and just see the checks every month, it is really good to schedule periodic checks on critical maintenance.

She schedules viewings of the houses based on my schedule and if I have to make a stop at the house for a viewing, we make it an open house, send out an email blast to everyone that has ever signed up on our site, and update the zillow listing with the open house info.