It was in fairly good condition, and I KNEW I could easily lease it out, or lease sections to various business, or sell it for double or triple what I paid. 3 years later, having not even received an offer to lease AT ANY PRICE, I sold it for $25,000 LESS than I had paid.

This is where most projects go south....If you and your Contractor are not on the same exact page regarding what you are expecting to receive and they are expected to provide, then you are doomed to fail.

Majority of mold complaints are tenants panicking and/or trying to get free rent out of their landlord.If they do get an attorney involved, their attorney will send you a written notice, which will lay out the issues and often tell you to give the letter to your insurance company.Don't bother with this, but you can discuss with your agent.When you or your PMC (or both) receive a legal notice of a case started, that's when you want to get your insurance company involved.Recommend you keep a record of all your communications with your PMC about this issue.

It offers features like Automated rent collection (Tenants can set up auto-pay) and you can receive payments directly into your account without any manual tracking.

Due to high demand, many investors in Austin are finding they need to adjust their approach a bit to make the numbers work.Rehab Budget: Ensure that bids are received from multiple contractors and that adequate reserves are made for cost overruns.

Quote from @David Cherkowsky: @Basit Siddiqi@Andrew Strauss@Katie RippI received the following response:"The more active income you earn, the less you can deduct from your rental property due to the phaseout of the Passive Activity Loss deduction.

The logic here is that it’s far more difficult (and costlier) to evict a nonperforming tenant than it is to screen for a good one.Like @Greg Scott said, see if lowering your asking rent increases the number of applications you receive.

Insurance Proceeds and Taxability: The insurance payout you receive is not "free money."

Hey,Along with the good information you have received, I'll chime in with my thoughts. 

You did a loan modification i'm assuming not a refinance and you received a partial claim.