I was just wondering what everybody's education or background is? seems that a large percentage of you folks have some type of formal "business" or finance education, or come directly from the world of Real Estate?

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I have been speaking with short-term furnished rental owners who rent to workers or other travelers, and operate near national parks like Yosemite, in urban areas like Oakland and San Francisco, the desert and coastal...

Can you put the real estate taxes on your schedule A while the property is undergoing renovations, before the property is placed in-service?  I was under the impression that you cannot, that they must be added to the ...