I have an electrical background my father is licensed so not afraid of upgrading services and fixtures that other investors don't want to touch. 

Was inquiring about it last week actually... 

I'm a broker and investor in NYC, actually closed on an investment property my clients that are RNs bought :) If you're looking to start out, what helped me the most was reading about REI as well as attending local meetups to get a 'lay of the land' on what other investors and brokers are working on. 

Does anyone actually believe the reported inflation rate or that US denominated debts (worldwide) will ever be repaid? 

I have seen these terrible scams they are running now that a lot of people have so much equity in there home but after Covid I’d imagine many people have credit issues but these company pretend like they are giving you access to equity in your home but they are actually buying your home and renting it back to you.

More than 50% test.You must have spent more than 50% of your working time during the tax year performing personal services for a real property trade or business.

This actually might be illegal of your CPA to suggest since they can't do/suggest things for the primary purpose of manipulating the audit regime of the IRS as it violates our code of ethics.

I can't tell you how many times we've had landlords and tenants admit that the written lease amount wasn't what was actually being paid each month.

We've targeted STRs in other areas based on factors like ensuites in every room vs the actual number of bedrooms, so size wise is less of a factor in our search. (2-4 beds, would be the range). 

I also have quite a few properties in WNY but my lender's service area does not cover Jamestown.