No release has yet been filed. 

I am Ash Patel, listed as the defendant and we also filed a countersuit. 

I haven’t filed my most recent tax return yet and want to make sure everything is set up correctly from the start - including Schedule E reporting, depreciation strategy, and proper entity timing.I plan to operate this as a real estate business (not just a personal tax return) and will be forming an LLC for my portfolio this year, so I’m looking for someone who can advise on both tax strategy and entity structure as I scale into additional properties.If you have a CPA you personally use and trust for your rental properties, I would really appreciate any referrals.Thank you!

We would like to purchase a second home that has space to Airbnb.Or, should we sell our current home and pay cash for a new home (less than $500,000) and use the remaining cash as a down payment on a second home that produces rental income?

But none of that pays the mortgage.If you want predictable cash flow, you underwrite deals based only on what the property can realistically produce the day you buy it.

No claim that this produces “the answer” — just a way to make tradeoffs explicit.I eventually put this into a spreadsheet so I could sanity-check my intuition.

The usual route is to do the study now and file Form 3115 (change in accounting method).

Training, reputation, market share, number of top-producing agents that you can connect with, learn from and collaborate on transactions with, company culture, support... these are all so much more important than $100/month. 

Quote from @Stuart Udis: I observe a lot of discussion here about investing in distant markets because the real estate is cheaper and appears to produce stronger cash flow.

If rates continue drifting lower, limited inventory could once again put upward pressure on prices.Labor & Inflation Updates (Still Mixed)Initial jobless claims fell slightly to 209,000Continuing claims dropped to 1.83 million, though still elevatedDecember Producer Prices rose 0.5% month-over-month, hotter than expectedMost price pressure came from machinery and equipment margins — not broad inflationWhat’s the bottom line?