We have 9 potential showing this weekend, and I'm pretty nervous/excited.

Would I just claim this on the Schedule E under Auto & Travel expenses?

The first is that he smokes cigarettes and pot (not legal here) in his apartment for which we have had complaints about (as the smell travels) from both the apartment above him and from the renter of the commercial space below him.

Hey BP,Exciting things are happening in Q4 this year.

I am also considering allowing a friend to rent one of the rooms as I will be traveling at least monthly back to Ohio.

Philly and the surround area is an exciting area to invest.

Hard to get excited about $480 per month minus operating expenses (assuming I understood correctly)...unless of course you know you can expand as many of your expenses will stay flat while you revenue will clearly go up. 

I am completely new, I read Rich Dad, Poor Dad about 3 weeks ago and it got me really excited about real estate investing but I haven’t found many people in the area who could really show me the ropes.So far I am trying to find someone I can learn from and also finding out if there are any investor friendly real estate agents in the area.

My brother and I are newcomers to the community and we are very excited to get going!

I got too excited to buy this house and because I did not physically see it or have someone on my team physically see it, I ended up spinning the seller's wheels and had to come back in for a price reduction. 3.