If you do some maintenances on your rental property, such as fixing a clogged toilet, replacing a broken door, etc., can you count your own labor as expenses?

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Looking to master repair cost for Maryland area. I have an elaborate repair estimator as a excel spreadsheet that automatically calculates labor and material cost coupled as one price, however, the pricing I have do n...

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Hi everyone we have several rentals in the Los Angeles area. For tenant turnover we often have to do basic cleaning, flooring, paint, caulk etc.

For this we go with the cheapest labor possible. I found a "handyman" ...

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