The first checkbox on the MA ST-12 form to receive a sales tax exemption says "The materials, tools or fuel will become an ingredient or component part of tangible personal property to be sold".

Installing tile, unless it's purely an expectation of the market, will most likely not increase your return.The expense of tile is not in the materials so much as it is in the labor assuming a reasonable material selection.

To qualify as an RE pro, one needs to demonstrate 750 hours and greater than half of their professional working time being spent in real estate.However, that's only step one.Step two is demonstrating material participation.To materially participate, one generally must demonstrate that they participated in the rental activity for 500 hours.Here's the problem - each one of your rentals is considered a separate activity for the material participation rules.

However, RE in Bham retains its value over time and typically produces modest appreciation.

I purchased my first rental property in 2016 and spent ~$15K on material/labor to fix up the property prior to renting.

Hi Linda, How does one find a”real estate knowledgeable CPA, that understands STR taxation and things like material participation, bonus depreciation, cost segregation, etc?

Most of the material they teach can be found online and elsewhere. 

As far as their actual classes/materials, I do not know.

Right now, it seems very cost effective and profitable to do this using a pre-fabricated home... where the materials are cut in a factory, then shipped to the job site, and the home is stick-built on site.

.- A date and time you will come to attempt to catch the stray and take it to animal control and reminder of process and rules if they want to adopt/retain the strayUnless you have proof that the babysitter is staying beyond your guest policy, there is little you can do there.