I live in North Jersey and work as a geotechnical engineer where I travel between Newark and NYC for work.

It is a business expense you'll need to provide same as electricity and water.I do get calls occasionally to confirm I have these even though it is clearly listed in my VRBO and Airbnb ads.You can filter these items in the search engine and if you don't have these then your property will not even show up in a customer's search for a property to rent.

But the way the rental search engines work now really puts me behind, especially when I have to build in the heat too on one 4U property.

Bedroom is remodeled except for the floor has been ripped up and yet again just the plywood looking sub-floor remains.Basement has foundation cracks but I hired a professional structural engineer and the report says the house is not in any foundational trouble but gave suggestions to install carbon fiber strips as a preventive measure for the long term health of the building.I have about a week or so to get into the property and get the unit up to a FHA appraiser's standards.

I've been using the search engine at the top right and I was curious if anyone had an efficient way of finding answers to questions that come up.

@JM PayneI work for an engineering/consulting firm as an electrical designer.

Most of the properties I look at are generating nice revenue, so why pass on a good revenue engine?

If he's going to be a carpenter and has been a software engineer it's going to be tougher.

Then reverse engineer into shorter term goals.Figure out what you like and what you are good at and invest in that.

I currently work a W2 job as an engineer so I am a bit of a techie and I like to be organized while keeping track of the details.