. $17,000 between flights, office supplies, ect. 

I would like advice or tips on bidding at the online San Diego County Property Tax Sale scheduled for May 2018.

Plus $100 for using garage with finished office portion for tenants work. $900 total from the tenant. 

Hi all, I am looking into buying a 16,500 sq ft occupied office building.  

My CPA has instructed me that the auto expenses (at least the proportion used for rental activities), overhead such as office supplies, software, tax preparation, and other items which occur to operate the rental properties (AS A WHOLE) are expensable on Schedule E relative to the activity (e.g. based on number of units per property) by "cost accounting or cost allocation".

If you're like me, you likely got your tax bill in from the county assessor's office within the last few weeks and your taxes have gone up considerably! 

Any tips or Suggestions ?

I'm seeking tax tips for depreciation on an SFR that was purchased in 2014 as our private residence then converted to rental in 2016Details:Purchased in 2014loan was refinanced in 2015  We began depreciating in 2016 tax year, the year we began renting the home as landlordstax preparer for 2016 taxes entered basis amount based on 2015 assessment, not assessment from purchase year or for the 2016 assessmentunsure if bases was set correctly and whether to carry through that same basis or pull current year assessment for this and subsequent tax yearsTurbo Tax seems to be steering me towards using the purchase year assessment for the basis for depreciation.  

In my experience... putting on a tie and sitting down with a loan officer will get you much further, especially with the smaller banks and credit unions.

Feel free to give me a shout if you have any questions or looking for tips!