I reduced my HVAC calls by 95% when I started providing tenants with air filters.Each year, when the lease automatically renews, I send each of my tenants a case containing 12 cheapo air filters from Amazon.

This includes operating your heating and air-conditioning system as appropriate to reduce humidity, using appropriate ventilation, limiting evaporation of water, promptly removing any visible mold, and immediately reporting to us any leaks or other water intrusion into your apartment or any visible mold that you cannot remove.

@John-David HerlihyYour welcome let me know if you need any details on how we reduced liability. 

@Michael PlaksI understand that the amount of gain eligible for the §121 capital gain exclusion is reduced in proportion to the total period of non-qualified use divided by the total period of ownership.The point I am trying to make is that the total ownership period begins on the actual purchase date and ends on the day before the settlement date of the sale.   

But here the bank gives better loan to value( up to 90%).There are many other things that are quite Europe or even belgium specific, which i am not fully uncovered yet. like, perfessional investor status can reduce the registration tax from 10% to 4% . buy it as a company can have a better property tax benefit. etc. 

When you buy from the tax repository the assessed value is supposed to be reduced to the purchase price.

Every dollar I make in rent above the PITI is put towards reducing principle so I have them scheduled to be paid off somewhere between 8 and 11 years after purchase.Without a doubt, these are the best properties in my portfolio. 

Ironically I have visited web sites where licensed CPA's explicitly contradict each other over such a basic question as to weather you can use passive loss carry overs to reduce ordinary income.

A good professional property manager will help reduce risk. 

Refinance the property, taking into account the equity from the build, and pay the seller in fullThe property owner wants to have the payments spread out over 2 or even 3 calendar years to reduce their reportable income exposure.