In fact, like Minh, I have personally rented to applicants with recent short sales and foreclosures and found them to be excellent long-term tenants so far.The fact that their credit has been dinged and other landlords may not want to rent to them is a bonus for me because it means they likely won't be buying (or even renting) anything else soon and will stay for a long time with me.

Some bonuses to my suite is that they are all lockable doors and there are no carpets.

If he's as good as you say (and I'm not saying he isn't), it may even be worth your time to give him a little bonus for taking care of you at such a good price.

Networking - a free added bonus to being a Realtor.

if the boards are soft, you should fix it...layering shingles won't fix that....and like j said, that's a bonus when going to sell

Ryan -Try staging and bonuses for the buyers agents.

Offer a bonus to the selling agent (the buyer's agent) of at least .5% of the list price and a minimum of $5005.

Bonus is that you save on maintenance and other things by just being on-site.

Hey all, yet another in the long line of cost segregation posts as our 100% bonus depreciation comes to an end :)I'm going to key up a few of my go-to tax people here: @Natalie Kolodij @Linda Weygant @Amanda Han . 

The study identifies with forensic engineering detail the immediate Bonus Depreciation 5, 7 and 15-year personal property class lives qualifying portions of a building that are normally buried in 27.5 year residential or 39 year commercial categories.