We outline our criteria if they express interest so they know upfront.a.

Hi @Nicholas L. and @Chris Seveney a few weeks after my post, they did a part 2 for the survey and 2 days ago, the Zoning Dept. emailed out an update for the proposed policies.Here's their message:"We want to keep you informed and share a preview of the proposed Short-Term Residential Rental Ordinance regulations and express our gratitude for your invaluable feedback and participation in Phase I and Phase II of the Alexandria Short-Term Residential Rental Study.

PreREO I believe was run by the same person who owns AHP (American Home Preservation) - which has a lot of chatter on BP that you can search. 

Unfortunately, this problem waste a lot of my time that could be spent on other investments.I have used the same tax professional for many years and he is very educated, but also much older than me and it's hard for me to understand all the reasons he has expressed why is better to put the rental on my personal tax returns.

Have you heard the expression "when visiting someone, don't stay longer than 3 days or you begin smelling like dead fish".  

As others correctly noted, as a landlord you must look at the big picture and if this happens to be a good tenant who has occupied the unit for a while, has a history of timely payments and has expressed interest in remaining at the property the value in an extension (assuming that is advantageous to you as the landlord) should be placed above your desire to collect rent in a certain method if this particularly tenant has strong desires to make their payments in a different manner....especially if the lease they signed allowed a different payment method.

Just wanted to express gratitude for providing this important information for out of town owners like us as we move forward. 

My husband and I purchased our first Costa Rica property last year and were advised by our agent that in almost 6 years of working in that market he had only ever seen 1 American Couple successfully obtain a mortgage in Costa Rica and it was from Scotia Bank. 

They repeatedly expressed dismay and said that very few people ask for a refund. 

I expressed my objection to the rate.