Deal (noun): In common usage, a property offered for sale that meets the financial and strategic criteria defined within an investor’s buy box.Yes, all my clients, 'want to buy a good deal."

Does having e legal rentable space make the home more valuable than simply just finishing it? 

If your cost seg + bonus depreciation pushes your rentals into a big paper loss, you can indeed use 100% of that loss to offset her W-2 income.Where people trip up:You (or your wife) must prove the REP status (750+ hours, more than half of working hours in real estate, and material participation).Neither of you don’t needs to qualify separately, but whoever is REP has to materially participate in the rentals, and since you said you both do, that helps.The ownership % in the LLC doesn’t limit the loss usage on your joint return.

One unit has 1 tenant (rarely home), the second has 4 tenants, and the third has 5 — but the total usage is way above normal.Has anyone dealt with something like this?

go on E bay and buy all the guru's tapes and materials for 10 to 50 bucks read and watch all that stuff then see if anything sticks with U.. this is simply selling info business.. not helping people get rich business.

There are many posts on BiggerPockets about landlord software, but here’s a consolidated overview.Must-have features landlords mention most often: online payments, full accounting, 1099 tracking and e-filing, tenant portal, owner portal (if you manage for others), work order tracking, vacancy syndication, online leases, and tenant screening.

On top of that, Austin had an impressive 33% median earnings increase being the seventh-highest growth — reaching $54,283. https://www.mysanantonio.com/lifestyle/article/austin-best-e...

And if you know anyone in the town hall, building inspector, water dept etc, my phone is ringing and I'm getting E-mails, the hard part is tracking down the owner!!

For example:Let's say you make $100,000/year.Average sales price in Fresno is roughly $400,000. 2.25% commission (it varies so I'm averaging) is $9,000.Take your split out with the broker (varies but let's say 80/20 split): Now you are at $7,200Then you have various expenses at say 10% per transaction (transaction coordinator, E & O Insurance, marketing, gas, etc.):$6,480 per transaction.This is all pre-tax dollars. 

one correction - PMI is deductible as insurance on schedule e.