If you can benefit, then regular depreciation is a very small deduction, except for...4.

However, the fact that it was an existing structure with utilities and plumbing running to the garage made our lives significantly easier.Existing 2nd Story Crash PadZONING AND PLANNINGWe’re located in a suburb of Boston where ADUs are allowed by-right… except if the structure is detached from the main building 🙄 which requires a “special permit”.

They will make an exception if for example my all in cost was 60k.

I have never had to withhold a deposit except for one time.

He got laid off in April and she said that he will look for a job once he finds out where he's going to end up since I guess he's not sure if he's going to stay in that town if he cannot find housing. as far as I can tell there's nothing wrong with him except for the felony and maybe just a lack of motivation? 

Decently likely she's trying to pull one over on you, and even if she's not, collecting rent by card in general comes with a lot of things that could wrong and hardly any upside except convenience.

This seems exceptionally low, unless you have a strong conviction about the asset's potential for appreciation.

While you could be granted an exception to use a 12-month lease if the property was acquired mid-year, it doesn't sound like you have an annual lease if you rent on a shorter term basis.  

The only exception I do is if you are looking to scale, I am willing to scale with you because at that point I look at you as a partner rather than a client.

It's usually not the actual municipality creating issues except for that one that I think was near Clearwater/Tampa where they codified in zoning something anti-STR.