We supply the tax preparer with whatever expense info they need and that's pretty much it.

I made this comment in another thread yesterday.....I assume your question relates to wanting to supply them with houses.

The other thing that will happen is if the rates climb too high you will see a down ward trend in prices since the market will begin to freeze up as the supply of money does.

Supply and demand are factors that drive price and when you "fall in love" with a property because it is to be your home you will pay more.

Are you aware if I can deduct the following expenses:-4 educational books (legal tax guide, how to successfully manage your properties, etc)-office supplies: files, folders, paper clips, etc-printer (that I use 85% of the time for filing and paperwork)2.

Since your intent on managing/ cleaning the place yourself- Cleaning supplies costs & make sure to add costs for 2-3 sets of bedroom sheet sets for each bed so that you can take home a dirty set to launder after the previous rental.

Can't give you legal advice, however, I can supply you with court forms.

He said that the ones with a green or blue handle ar ok, but to stay away from yellow.I asked a guy at the plumbing supply place if this was true and he said he didn't know.

RE is like any other service or manufactirung business process, the population to be served drives supply and demand.

Don't replace the stove with an expensive microwave that can be easily sold out from you - just supply an electric hotplate.