However, understanding the tax benefits and really grasping the difference between tax deductions and tax credits can be crucial to your portfolio as it can significantly impact your bottom line.What are tax deductions?

You would never be allowed to choose a specific appraiser. 

Any specific tools to document the process or log the times?

Or should I keep paying the mortgage and benefit from the mortgage interest tax deduction?

I am in CLT, South End specifically.

Hi Trey, the Monterey bay are is extremely neighborhood specific.

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If not, and I have to actually get a real estate license first, how do I find a sponsoring broker specifically interested in this arrangement?

No, if the lender gave me a $200,000 total deduction ($100k additional) that would be a 100% return over 4 years so to me a “no brainer”.  

Specifically as a vacation rental.