.: There are guidelines Coffee and Donuts are pretty standard that you can deduct 100% if you provide an office coffee bar.

I have not had anything near the 2% rule but looking in Gold Bar and Sultan currently to see if it is possible.

The general "rule" that comes up amongst the sophisticated investors is 144 GRM, as being the outer limit (barring a crazy cheap conduit, or other not normal situations).  

@Adam ChristopherIf your expenses have been lagging inflation, it is an enviable, but transitory, situation as costs will increase to catch-up ... the increased rents themselves fuel local inflation and lead to increases in the costs of goods (retail) and services (labour).Unless your rents have been rising in isolation of the market - in which case, they will eventually encounter a demand limit - the growth rate will flatten (if vacancy is <1%, barring a zoning/regulatory restriction, you will eventually see an increase in supply).The premise behind this 50% rule-of-thumb - and other such guidelines - is that over a large sample size of property and/or a large sample period of time, the cumulative operating costs and capital re-investment are going to approach 50% (somewhere in the 40% - 60% window as stated earlier).  

And of course a Bar (think american style cafe not a pub)I think Italy should be offering incentives to small start-ups VS selling homes for $1.

I've laid down floors (laminate, doing luxury vinyl plank this month in my basement) I've installed base and crown molding, I tore down and rebuilt our closet in our bedroom and built custom doors, I installed wainscoting in my sons room and actually built a bar, server and dining table for our dining room!

Are the parks well kept up, is there garbage lining the streets, are there busy restaurants/coffee shops/bars, how do the homes look from the street(are they kept up or run down).

Particularly be sure to include your goals for real estate investing so that folks can help you. 2) Go to the Search bar, and look for some local members in your area!

Some of the bigger issues like why they’re hiding the basement and the state of the electricity will be uncovered and dissected during the inspection period.As for everything else, I would be more than fine putting another 10k and finishing the bathroom, supplying appliances, and touching up the rest of the house.The way I look at it - I’m then still getting a 50k house that’s better than many of the $85k houses in Warren just one mile north, while the rent is only $100 or so less per month.So even with the flaws and observations you keenly pointed out, it doesn’t dissuade me at all, barring major issues that I wouldn’t know about until inspection.  

Meet at Beth's Bar & Gril for coffee and BBQ.8.