In MA in particular, water is very expensive and if you have tenants that sneakily add in sublessers into your property and increase your water usage that can be a big change in cold water prices. 

Originally posted by @Lynnette E.

Can the resulting Schedule D gains be written off against Schedule E loss carryforwards?  

Needless to say, there really aren't any more in the Springs or N/E/W of town so I've also been starting to look at properties in Pueblo.

SFH's are much easier because you only have one tenant and they can pay for their usage.

Ultimately do what feels right, Google Voice is free for the first number when you sign up with them and having Unlimited data calls and texts are technically data usage since you are using an app and you’re NOT using your minutes or texts, if you have a certain number allotted to you each month, so it’s a win win.

Our building is not held in any corporate or LLC structure, so we just file a schedule E with our return.I was wondering if there was a way to take some of the income from the building and pay ourselves a nominal amount that we could report on our schedule C's using a 1099-misc?

If someone ask you a question about zoning or usage call the city for them and do your homework .  

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Look into the rules to be sure there are no restrictions on usage.