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.

That's super expensive.

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.

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...

Way too expensive. 

I went out and applied for a few business cards on my own (Home Depot commercial, Chase Ink) to use for rehabs, business expenses ect.

Thank you so much guys.Best,Jake Before dumping $500k into an asset, maybe consider something smaller and spending like $50k or $100k on a less expensive property.

78k of expenses with mortgage and only 65k of estimated income? 

So she was well paid, but also taught me a ton and saved me from making many expensive mistakes.