To take a home office deduction, you have to have a separate room or area of the house which is used exclusively for your real estate activity. 

Hello fellow members,Has anybody used Active Campaign for CRM for lead management?

Shame on any lender who allows you to get into that.Though maybe short term, you're looking for a normal (probably private) loan, Milton, for which I bet you'll have to qualify.

This will now make it much easier for agents and brokers to share and maintain information so cap rates in the area will become more transparent to realtors.As of right now your best bet on getting cap rates for particular property types is by contacting commercial brokers or commercial lenders.

It has been a few months since I have been in the area, but I would say that your best bet for a cash flowing property would be heading towards Hermitage on Route 70 or south of I40 heading towards Gladeville.

- background Condo is coming out of an Estate Sale and needs work - recent market activity, data from last month, similar units -  (1) Estate Sale - As-Is - listed for $129,000 - sold for $134,000 - (2) Well maintained /Updated - listed for $149,900 sold for $154,900 - admittedly might not be looking at this correctly in that (2) might not be relevant - thank you for helping me

brokerage community is your best bet.

No point waiting unless they do still have an active lease.

So given my situation... great credit, stable job, good source of income best bet would be conventional.

Your best bet, as I see it, would be to live there and purchase another property as a rental, or sell and move into something more suited for a rental/house hack.