That allows you to grow the IRA and generate tax savings.If you do not have any IRA savings at the current time, then setting up a plan with a generic Wall St firm will be your best option until you squirrel enough away to start thinking about investing in real estate.It is a long term strategy, but one that will reward you well.

Squirrels chew a hole in the soffit?

You’ll never realize the full $600 anyways after unplanned repairs and maintenance.

She just happened to be married to a plumber of 40 years that made really good money, but she was still nuttier than squirrel poop.If you self-manage, you have to accept the risk of bad tenants finding their way in on occasion.

We bought it maybe 13 years ago because there is a transformer  (translation squirrel zapper) on the pole coming to our house and no one else is affected in such power failure.

It is unplanned for you but just start calling contractors and line up the work.

You get to subtract from your gross income all home depot expenses, supplies, unplanned contractor repairs, legal and accountant fees from your income to determine how much taxable income you will be responsible for at year end.

I find it cumbersome for business owners due to the learning curve and the squirrel factor of those quantity of functions.

I've been told by pest control professionals rats will not jump (unlike squirrels) but they will use branches to get on the roof if they are touching/close.  

While tenants are responsible for pest control issues, we do have to owner's handle wildlife entry like squirrels, raccoons, possum, etc.