I also sell & manage many more properties for members of bigger pockets.Take a look at my post count.

Some stuff, like interior floors and paint, don't counts towards the federal limits.Anyone else encounter this sort of situation?  

Should we just count on giving 35% of our calculated risk, hard-earned labor and challenges overcome to the gov't?  

If your stated appreciation rate is 7% for a reasonably long time and there is no expectation of that declining then you can count on $8,400 in appreciation whether you are a bad landlord or not!  

You'll need to prove a 2 year history and a three year projected continuance of any income to have it counted with a conventional lender.  

After the rehab my house looked new and was of comparable size and bedroom count as the new homes. 

All mortgages in your personal name, done through portfolio and in an LLC tied to your name, count towards the ten.

You don't count vacant lots.$11,780 (total rent per month) X 12 X .42 / .0621 = 956kI'm still very new to MHP investing so let the more qualified elaborate more on this topic for you.

Allot of architects will not offer to oversee your project and when you can get one that will such as in this case count yourself fortunate. 

It turns out we would have gotten a much higher rebate by documenting the lousy efficiency of the old furnace system and gotten credit for upgrading the furnace (even though that was done a few years earlier, before we knew we were eligible) so the combined increase in  energy efficiency upgrades (furnace + insulation) is what counted.