Since it’s actually a little complicated, I’ll do it in steps.

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My point --> this is not a reno & it's probably more complicated (risky) than building ground up. 

I don't want to make it too complicated, and the current tenant has been good.Thanks,Dave

Are there any downsides or complications in having our daughter on the mortgage (she’ll still be in college)?

In theory, a software like turbotax can do a tax return so long as you get the correct version.The more complicated your return, the higher version of the software that you need.I think turbotax is great if you have a simple tax return.I.E.

In 2016 I will have a lot more investments come to completion and my taxes will be a lot more complicated.

(If you can't get in the door on your own merit... maybe you shouldn’t be doing this.)Encouraging students to utilize his private Facebook group members to post fraudulent reviews for other students websites in order to boost their search results and by doing so intentionally misleading sellers as to the students knowledge, skills and ability to closeInstructing investors to deliberately target and befriend nursing and assisted living home staff in order to gain their complicity in preying upon patients and residents. ....

@Josh Lewer really appreciate you taking the time to share such a thorough breakdown and even pulling in excerpts from the IRS Audit Technique Guide — that’s a wealth of information and I’m sure it’s helpful for anyone following along in this thread.Just to clarify the lens of my original question: I was thinking more from the perspective of an investor who is personally handling the day-to-day operations of their rentals (rather than delegating to a property manager).

Or just interesting techniques that people have used at scale.