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Had the market turned south or something popped up that you didn't anticipate (bad roof, contaminated soil from an underground storage tank, etc.) this could have turned out bad.

Most of my thoughts have been addressed by the previous posters.

The two edged sword here is that if you aggregate your properties, and presumably qualify, you’ll be able to deduct passive losses in excess of $25k with income over 150k.The bad news is that you will not be able to deduct any previously qualified (i.e. suspended) losses until you sell the last aggregated property.

I've heard previously that a lot of commercial brokers don't publicly list their properties.

-Location is a desirable part of downtown right near eateries, shopping, and a major college campus.

I'm having it fixed.A previous tenant rented one of my condos where the shower/tub had been sprayed with a kind of painted finish prior to my ownership.

There is a legitimate business plan behind this but it would be prudent to seek the advice of an attorney and to investigate any cases that arose around the other organizations that have previously implemented such a program.

I have negative net worth so nothing real valuable to protect in a lawsuit at the moment :) At some point I will get more serious with that as my financials should finally start swinging up as I go through my 30s here (college debt can be brutal!)

We are trying to build our wealth and eventually, put 3 kids through college!