I work over nights so I got about 10 hours of podcasts 6-7 days a week to work with ANY suggestions would be great as I am starting to run low I feel my first property IF I can cut any risk out via making huge dp, or picking the minds of people that have been there and done it so to speak will put me miles ahead of the guy that just takes about it:) sooner or latter the right deal will fall into my lap and I will run with it P.S.

I’ve read horror stories online but also know there are some really great property managers out there.

Does anyone have tips on how best to find the good ones outside of Yelp reviews? What do you ask in the intervie...

Developers have been picking up and I believe the median price for homes dipped a few thousand dollars for the first time in years (from $424,000 to $415,000). 

It depends on the class of the complex and how competent the management company is.

It's not worth the grief and the resulting errors.When you use tax software, you will simply pick up a type of asset from the drop-down list (for example "residential real property") - and the software will complete 4562 for you the right way, as well as carry it to all other connected forms.

Then you have to take the next class for several $1,000.

RTR, Engineering class of 1998. 

You need to pick couple of markets and focus on them and slowly expand your wings to other markets.

I know the cost will vary depending on the property Class type but I think it's important to factor in this cost since it's a consistent cost in the buy and hold portfolios.

It could have been that he meant to say "our units are not approved by Section 8", which would probably have been ok.People who receive any kind of public assistance (Sec. 8, TANF, SSI, AFDC, etc), are a protected class in Mass.