meant to say we have two financial regime right.the last 12 years are the cheap money regime, so buying real asset risk/reward is almost no brainer than holding cash, good to become borrower for asset that's appreciating (10%) lolbut in the last 12 months we moved to expensive money regime where holding cash itself is producing money with almost no risk, while doing business including real estate is having higher risk (compare to cheap money regime).

You'd want to report this activity on Sch C instead since it's a different type of business activity.

Our current beta is designed to be a due diligence companion along with some added benefits. 

Remember to back it out as a business expense too which should make the real rate a point or two lower depending on your tax bracket.2) For securing loans, I incorporate the value stated on balance sheets within my personal financial statements.

Guys I read a couple great posts here about HELOC for self employed businesses were there are many write offs to show an income on a tax return.  

That would fill in the daytime and nighttime traffic and keep the building busy which would attract higher paying tenants for all of the other suites.A mural is a part of the plan.

Select a property that ticks all the boxes - location, features, size, design - to appeal to potential visitors.

As mentioned above, some markets are visited by large groups on vacation while others are more "utilitarian" (business travel, insurance stays, special events, etc.).Competitive analysis will tell you what the market is currently bearing.

I agree with @Erin Spradlin - I think if you can confirm/convince potential tenants that there is plenty of on street parking it is not an issue, but if it is in a busy neighborhood where finding parking could be difficult I think adding the parking area would help a lot.

I was looking at both markets myself, although if I thought of Austin I will likely check out San Antonio as well considering how close they are to one another.I liked the city of Austin the best because of the overall city and suburb design as well as the community it looked like the city had.