Just as an example, FL tax lien is a guarantees 20% return. 

More Federal Reserve officials at their meeting last month signaled concern with cutting interest rates too soon and allowing price pressures to grow entrenched.

Tennessee follows federal HUD laws.

Second lowest property taxes in the nation behind Hawaii.Montgomery county tax estimate formula is: appraised value x 20% (without homestead) x .0365

The landlord said that its not zoned for business and that would raise flags with the IRS and i could potentially get audited. keep in mind that i have a consulting business. is there some truth to this because i do have a home office at the house as well. the rent is 1600 per month. that 1600 per month and utilities wouldn't be a tax write off to my LLC?

For example, for property taxes, you can search Google for what the state taxes are on a primary/secondary property.

Hi thereI am new to investing, looking at a SFH for my 1st rental property and trying to understand the tax benefits that are often spoken of on the podcasts. 

Do they have a tax return coming that they could use to catch up? 

I get the tax benefits on top of that (this is a big one for me), some small principal paydown, small monthly cashflow etc. 

For other variables such as tax rates and heating costs, I find it easier to get a good evaluation.