The losses could be used against other sources of passive income and that is it.If it is a standard self storage model, and thus treated as rental income, then in order to get anything other than passive treatment you would needs REPS status. 

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ThanksAs many others have said, you have multiple options!

I want to ask cash flow/rental investors is there a certain amount in rent that you wouldn’t rent under when sourcing for properties?

But this can be a significant additional source of income because people are generally willing to pay pet rent.

I was thinking the same thing - seems like the moisture is coming from the cooking itself and not exactly the fuel source.

Given that the house is a 3/2 with a full unfinished basement, you could explore the option of renting out the basement area separately to maximize your rental income.

Refi is not an option, my interest rate is 2.75%- when I spoke to a lender, the new mortg if refi'd would be $4,600+ my current mortg is $2.9k3.

A halfway option is to pay a lot upfront and borrow the rest.

She has one source of income and it doesn't even come close to covering the monthly rent, let alone the utilities or anything else (which are provided by the tenant).