On many of these properties, we would stop by on Fridays (as that was payday) to collect the rent.I can't tell you how many times the door was answered by a mother with small children who said the husband went off drinking with his buddies and hasn't come home yet with the rent money.On many of those occasions, the mother and children didn't have any food and my parents would bring them something to eat.Is that the way to run a business, probably not.Is it a way to have compassion for those less fortunate than one's self, probably so.

It’s two separate parcels but the buildings are attached.

I am wondering how to deal with personal items like clothes, food, and anything else you might have tips/advice on.

Food for thought for my own processes/procedures. 

I've since moved into the tampa area as of about three weeks ago. i really like the area as a whole. people are incredibly nice, the food is good and of course the weather. 

It is a personal expense, just like your food expense.2) Repairs made on the duplex are deductible against the rental income.Improvements:1) Improvements made on personal side are added to the basis of the property, but you cannot depreciate the personal side of the property.

Not so much as with food spilled and left out but more with clothes thrown on the floor stuff not being put on the shelf just piled up in the middle of the

Maybe the area has a lot of new places to eat out, you can target people who frequently express interest in food.

The units/properties are all together on two side-by-side parcels. 

@Stephen Neto The day before Thanksgiving I had a contractor give me a sob story he was out of money and his wife was texting me they didn't have money to buy food for Thanksgiving.