As individual taxpayers - we run on a cash-basis method of accounting.Waiving rent means that we never collected the rent. 

I can not guess what score any individual may have therefor reject any applicant that does not have a score.One principal I have always operated on is to never work to try and make a applicant acceptable.

I ended up on bigger pockets when searching for an online community of like minded individuals whose passion is real estate investing (so glad I found this site). 

Check with your tax professional about your individual situation and nature of your expenses.

The section 8 individual sent me her application back first.I have already called HUD and am waiting for inspection.My question is- can i send the lease to be signed by the non-section 8 person or do i need to run the entire section 8 process because I received her application first?

@Enyi Ajoku,Pretty simple.. either kick the pet out, and demand it be removed, or authorize it and have them start paying the fees.   

(a) A landlord or any person authorized to enter into a rental agreement on his behalf shall disclose to the tenant in writing at or before the commencement of the tenancy the name and address of an owner of the premises or a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner as agent, inter alia, for purposes of service of process and receiving or receipting notices or demands."

The change in interest write off from 1 mil down to 750K and the lack of deductibility of more than 10K in State and property taxes did not put a damper on the demand and tick up in home prices this year.

At first, I was looking on the counties online public record but unfortunately I will have to search for individual addresses and after doing some more research I came across that is possible to get a listing through the MRIS.

If utilities are individually metered, if there's deferred maintenance, etc. all of the way down to what you think it will cost for quarterly pest control.