We're right next to CA but get the benefits of no state income tax, 4th lowest property taxes, much more friendly landlord/tenant laws, no serious weather, proximity to Lake Tahoe, stable job growth/population growth, etc. 

Beyond immediate safety concerns, the long-term financial implications, including taxes, are a pressing issue for those impacted by the disaster.

We plan to spend the next 6-12 months continuing to earn and save, as well as nail down a final market we want to househack in.

Hi! I have a short term rental property. It's a 5th wheel located at a campground. It does not get moved. Will the RV be depreciated at 5 years or 27.5 years? I am unable to find anything giving me a for sure answer. ...

Some say we have to buy the house with them or we paid too little for the property and finally after going back and forth and submitting all our paper work and paying for appraisal they now tell us they didn’t realize that the property had so many bedrooms and they said they do not loan to properties with so many bedrooms.

Being a real estate professional allows you to treat the income as non-passive, allowing higher high income tax payers to pay less in taxes.

Add another $300 or so for taxes and insurance and you're at $2465 PITI. 

Let's assume your expenses (mortgage, taxes, insurance, maintenance, vacancy, etc.) comes to a clean $600 and the property rents for $1,000.

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Assuming this is an 8 cap neighborhood you'd have a ~$420-450k value within a year (unless property taxes are crazy high) when leases would renew since it'd be valued as a commercial building with the office space.