Thermostat doesn't work, so furnace is not operative at the moment yet doesn't seem to be damaged.

If the wife became the sole owner as surviving joint tenant by operation of law, her signing the deed in the capacity of Executor may have made that transfer defective.

Cap Rate (capitalization rate) - this is your net operating income divided by the purchase cost (helpful in quickly comparing multiple properties - but does not include any financing, assumes a cash purchase)b.

They will be able to answer those questions in depth on each deal and provide you with direct access to the operators. 

Aside from verification of existing license status in the state of operation, what other means do you advise a GC be vetted before signing a contract for work? 

I then pay:- $1k to local government for a hotel tax (transient occupancy tax in order to operate my rental)- $4k to federal government estimated income tax- $2k to state government estimated income taxDoes this mean I can a) deduct $7k from rental income as other expense in schedule E?

@Naz Hossain The biggest difficulty would be locating contractors who actually operate following that method.

To answer the question yes - target market would be the greater Seattle area, which can be expanded to the Northwest as necessary (I've operated in most of the NW markets, but based in Seattle metro).

Looking for an airbnb operator.

Same goes with operating expenses.