I would recommend going to local real estate meet ups, and talking with investors who buy locally and out of state.

After they left, we cleaned it up and posted on the Craigslist with 40% higher rent than previous tenant paid.

You may face higher interest rates, shorter loan terms, or be required to put up more equity in the property.

Your accountant uses the form 8824 to report the tax deferral and set up the new depreciation schedules.As to your other question...Dude.

If that was true would they have not gone down substantially when rates went up?

Redfin says its value could be 150-160k, but I doubt that’s accurate, unless the market heats up with lower interest rates.What factors should I consider?

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Both of these providers have the ability to store docs and other info about your property.But if you're looking to simply track links to your mortgage servicer, utility providers, etc. a simple Google sheet should do the job.

@Ronnie Lee  which brokerage did you end up going with?

I'd venture to guess that the break even point on that up front investment is going to be 2.5-3 years.