The losses are suspended to future years.2) You may be purchasing the property but not have it in service till 2019 - which may not allow you to deductions in 20183) You may have net positive rental income.There are tax benefits to owning real estate.

You could manually look up each property on the property appraiser's website to see if the owner still owns the property or if it's sold already.

Which websites do you use to get Pro Formas on Bloomington Indiana properties?

I know this is possible with some API'S with some websites, and with the proper framework I could probably build it in Podio, but I really don't want to reinvent the wheel if the technology is already out there... 

I discussed my position and explained that if everyone expected payment for an inconvenience then every tenant would insure an inconvenience every month.

If it's husband and wife in a community property state, I usually list the first SSN that's on their joint tax return.If you use the IRS website to obtain the EIN, it walks you through this.https://sa2.www4.irs.gov/modiein/individual/index.jsp

Part of my pre-application though is to search county assessor website to see if the applicant owns any property.

That lead me to looking for below market, distressed single units, in Chicago, in neighborhoods with a high rent demand, and that still seems like a decent idea but I'm not getting the return I'd like, but would still be netting positive.

Go to the Duval County website

“In general, having more places for people to stay is a positive.