I just closed on a #HouseHack duplex a couple months back.

If the answer is no, then it is probably some kind of deduction that you may be overlooking.There're couple good books about tax deductions for real estate investors.

My guess as to why we're seeing a slight contraction is rising interest rates coupled with slow wage growth.

@Brandon Wade I've done a couple short sales before.

I am living here and was sick for the past couple of months. 

There are a couple of Whole Selling BP podcasts with some really successful whole sellers, you can listen to them and take notes, they will normally talk about books that they read. 

Do it for couple months every day 3-4 hours and come back to tell us how you feel then

A couple of things:1) Just because you are hearing something on BiggerPockets doesn't make it true for all metro areas or even all neighborhoods of all metro areas. 

Too if I was able to keep a couple extra hundred in my pocket each month 

I’ve seen a half dozen houses come online within the last couple weeks in the low $200s that would be excellent rentals.I as well as several other BP members who invest in Boise/Meridian are very bullish on that area.