My wife, Kelly, is a real estate broker here in the DeLand area and we specialize in helping clients find the best opportunities for building, selling, or renting properties.

Take the time to connect with investor-friendly pros who understand your strategy, and don’t rely solely on pro formas—talk to local investors and analyze real numbers.

Also a number that NAR has confirmed as well. https://www.inman.com/2025/01/24/71-of-real-estate-agents-di...

I own several out of state properties.

Are there property managers who specialize in managing housing for section 8 tenants?

You might want to join local real estate investment groups or attend meetups in the area.

My husband is a contractor and that made things so much better when assessing properties.

I can see an explicit exception in CA Tax Code § 17561 that says you can not use the qualifications in Section 469(c)(7) (Real estate professional) to render that income as non-passive, but I see no callout for 1.469-1T and, as such - as a non-CPA - I do not (yet) see a reason why we cannot follow the same rules for CA that we do for our federal taxes; e.g., if the business is not a "rental" business per tax code, we count that income as non-passive and offset other income (W2, etc) similarly.Does anybody else have some guidance (or opinions) on this matter?

@Elizabeth Scala, The IRS requires that the taxpayer for the new property must be the same as the taxpayer for the old property.  

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