If you tell them you're a landlord and you own the property but aren't living in it, they should be able to quote you for liability, the house, and a much smaller amount of personal property (appliances like your fridge or stove)

Thank youStaton As long as it was advertised and available to rent you can deduct it.The only exception is if you had personal use above 14 days in that year.

Hello Mike, thank you for the reply, you are the right person to listen to.

It's not a great time to refi if you wanted the equity from it, but it sounds like you are going to trade this house to do the same thing again so why not keep it and do the same thing again since you are thinking you might need to go big on your personal residence next?

Yes feel free to send me a message and I can put you in contact 👍

Informative read about the high amount of ADU's being built in Los Angeles, the impacts they're having on the neighborhoods, and what local government is doing to preserve the "look and feel" of neighborhoods with the change in housing.

Personally, I think the taxes are high and the services you get for your taxes low there.I know people that invest in Detroit but you must know the area down to the street and have excellent property management.However, I just talked to my CPA today about a referral he was sending me who is a client of his that has 30 rental properties in Detroit and selling them all because the City doesn't really help, charges for everything, and they never have given a security deposit back to a tenant after they stayed because of their behavior or lack of payment.

Feel free to reach out with questions. 

I have a feeling the original contractor wasn't being straight.

Personally I wouldn't use Zillow, I can only imagine they want to introduce a future fee for the service.