I was trying to do him a favor and he ended up being more expensive and making mistakes that cost me $2,700.

The property manager also never sent pictures of the unit or gave me a heads up on any of the expenses to turn the unit, so there is no possible confusion about obtaining consent.I’m interested to hear how others might handle this situation.

I managed the properties myself to keep the expenses down.

All normal expenses deducted management maintenance landscaping and so on.Does that sound about right?

We have rented to both businesses that have traveling workers and churches that have traveling missionaries.That said, trying to claim the place where you live as a business expense would probably be seen as tax fraud. 

And presented in very complicated way, hard to bring them to an apple to apple comparisson.One way to mitigate the lack of a net metering agreement is with a battery system (see Tesla Powerwall) - a very expensive way to become a truly self-sufficient energy producer (basically you become your own power plant), which rarely makes financial sense unless in a region with frequent power loss or in an off-grid scenario.

There's threads daily about the nonsensical things people do to be a "REI" at the expense of their actual stress, daily lives, and families well being.

There really doesn't need to be a calculator for NNN since all expenses are paid by the tenant. 

Question to all investors that have properties in earthquake-prone zones of US: it's REALLY expensive to get your property covered under earthquake insurance...

The seller said CPA’s were too expensive so they did their taxes themselves?