And there are so many rules and regulations (bleh)Find a more STR Friendly market 

Under Treasury Regulations Section 1.266-1(b)(1), only expenses that would otherwise be tax deductible may be capitalized using the election."

Given that this is expensive and renters don't exactly care about this, would you recommend I do two duplexes rather than a quadplex, meeting the fire safety regulations?

Charge the maximum your regulations allow, strictly enforce them and if after the first late a tenant repeats you need to get rid of them, they are untrainable.

With a split Congress I do not see additional regulation being imposed in the industry.

Here in NB, we looked at the RFP for commercial spaces, but conditions and  requirements made the opportunity not attractive (for us).There are other locations where cannabis is sold on-line only (Ontario ... but that may be changing).You need to be current on the provincial regulation where you would like to operate ... and it is not entirely evident that the Ontario government is clear on the new regulations yet.

The solution to this is compliance with safe harbor Regulation D sec 506 (b) or (c) of the Federal Securities Code exemption from registration.

@Mahab HoqueI’m not a lender and am not very familiar with NY regulations but it should be possible.

Any plumbers able to verify that this quote to Reduce Pressure Regulator 3/4" pressure regulator is legit?

A friend of mine who is also a real estate investor told me that having a kid under 6 year old will bring only troubles with sec 8 as they regulate the building codes way more strictly and can ask me to repair "unnecessary" things.