Hello Mike, thank you for the reply, you are the right person to listen to.

It's not a great time to refi if you wanted the equity from it, but it sounds like you are going to trade this house to do the same thing again so why not keep it and do the same thing again since you are thinking you might need to go big on your personal residence next?

Doing the above probably doesn't solve this directly, but by removing and reattaching all the balusters the connections are tight and the glue joints are solid...if that's not the issue then you may need to introduce some other improvement to prevent the wobble.

Personally, I think the taxes are high and the services you get for your taxes low there.I know people that invest in Detroit but you must know the area down to the street and have excellent property management.However, I just talked to my CPA today about a referral he was sending me who is a client of his that has 30 rental properties in Detroit and selling them all because the City doesn't really help, charges for everything, and they never have given a security deposit back to a tenant after they stayed because of their behavior or lack of payment.

Thank youStaton As long as it was advertised and available to rent you can deduct it.The only exception is if you had personal use above 14 days in that year.

Personally I wouldn't use Zillow, I can only imagine they want to introduce a future fee for the service.

I had called Audible and ASKED if the CD was available...which means I want the info ON THE CD...and the person I spoke to just said the CD was not available with the audio version...so why not tell me that the information is available ON THE AUDIBLE WEBSITE?

They don’t have an office but a single person who answered.

Or even riskier: a commercial balloon loan with a high interest rate and a personal guarantee that is due IN FULL after 5 years!

The maximum occupancy permitted in a vacation rental unit is two (2) persons per bedroom larger than 100 square feet, plus one (1) person per bedroom greater than 70 square feet but less than 100 square feet, plus two (2) additional persons, or a total of eight (8) occupants, whichever is less.The homeowner must post the required information on the property.